Quote #8904
I have come to believe that giving and receiving are really the same. Giving...
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation. I never yet talked to...
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I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved,...
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The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye. The more...
Quote #25882
Mind unemployed is mind unenjoyed.
Quote #17842
Civilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.
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There is a noble manner of being poor and who does not know it...
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Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the...
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As long as we think we can save ourselves by our own will power,...
Quote #33945
Nature understands no jesting. She is always true, always serious, always severe. She is...