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A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by a...
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves...
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Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for his competitors,...
Quote #7896
Most new books are forgotten within a year, especially by those who borrow them.
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Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel our worst...
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In any free society, the conflict between social conformity and individual liberty is permanent,...
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Afflicted by love’s madness all are blind.
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War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
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Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that...
Quote #14304
All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.