Quote #4024
Always behave like a duck – keep calm and unruffled on the surface but...
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Many brave men lived before Agamemnon but all are overwhelmed in eternal night, unwept,...
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He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by...
Quote #16356
Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes...
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Poetry should please by a fine excess and not by singularity. It should strike...
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The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of...
Quote #23166
The nail that sticks out is hammered down.
Quote #13752
When people have no other tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.
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It should be our care not so much to live a long life as...
Quote #3739
Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.