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From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I...
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In religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten...
Quote #13788
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain...
Quote #33256
All men think all men are mortal but themselves.
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There has never been a perfect government, because men have passions and if they...
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only...
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When I retire I’m going to spend my evenings by the fireplace going through...
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Any great work of art . . . revives and readapts time and space,...
Quote #4948
There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
Quote #20601
In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.