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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.
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Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of...
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While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While...
Quote #17094
The man who lives free from folly is not so wise as he thinks.
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There are two kinds of people in this world, those who long to be...
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I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought, and that gratitude...
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Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty–power is ever stealing from the many to...
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Separated lovers cheat absence by a thousand fancies which have their own reality. They...
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American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralise every intellectual element, however...
Quote #31918
Where painting is weakest, namely, in the expression of the highest moral and spiritual...