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Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine now,...
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An intellectual is a person whose mind watches itself.
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Men do not understand books until they have had a certain amount of life,...
Quote #4342
In this world second thoughts, it seems, are best.
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The pain of a disappointed wish necessarily produces less effect upon the mind if...
Quote #1841
The English instinctively admire any man who has no talent and is modest about...
Quote #9547
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness.
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Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web...
Quote #19924
Calamities are of two kinds misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Quote #3369
Order, unity and continuity are human inventions just as truly as catalogues and encyclopedias.