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To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that...
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Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to...
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When I came back to Dublin I was courtmartialed in my absence and sentenced...
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Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign...
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When I give a lecture, I accept that people look at their watches, but...
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Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.
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We find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and...
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Sometimes when we are generous in small, barely detectable ways it can change someone...