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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a...
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If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Quote #745
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to...
Quote #17502
Any great truth can — and eventually will — be expressed as a cliche...
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If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn’t open, and your friends are all...
Quote #570
What greater pain could mortals have than this To see their children dead before...
Quote #19945
As a matter of principle, I never attend the first annual anything.
Quote #14719
Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing, but the blossoms...
Quote #18945
The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won’t keep. Something must be done...
Quote #13360
The strongest and most effective force in guaranteeing the long-term maintenance of power is...