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The children despise their parents until the age of 40, when they suddenly become...
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science...
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We should give as we would receive, cheerfully, quickly, and without hesitation for there...
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Show me a genuine case of platonic friendship, and I shall show you two...
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Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
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The function of a briefing paper is to prevent the ambassador from saying something...
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Nothing lasts forever–not even your troubles.
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To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy —...
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An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more...
Quote #12713
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing...