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Talent, lying in the understanding, is often inherited genius, being the action of reason...
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure
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I cannot forgive my friends for dying I do not find these vanishing acts...
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The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.
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The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle...
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All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.
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Hope for miracles, but don’t rely on one.
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Women can form a friendship with a man very well but to preserve it–to...
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I finally know what distinguishes man from other beasts financial worries. – Journals
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…it was always said of him Scrooge that he knew how to keep Christmas...