Quote #17335
The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.
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Civilization requires slaves. Human slavery is wrong, insecure, and demoralizing. On mechanical slavery, on...
Quote #3541
Nature gets credit which should in truth be reserved for ourselves: the rose for...
Quote #33794
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends they are the most accessible...
Quote #6735
Literature is news that stays news.
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Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.
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I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better...
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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to...
Quote #19665
Diligence is the mother of good luck.
Quote #13230
The same state of the passions which fits the multitude, who have not sufficient...