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The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the...
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The dog was created especially for children. He is the God of frolic.
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The questions which one asks oneself begin, at least, to illuminate the world, and...
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In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to...
Quote #704
Life is a long lesson in humility.
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The American mind, unlike the English, is not formed by books, but, as Carl...
Quote #30431
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
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When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man...
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Education consists mainly in what we have unlearned. – Notebook, 1898
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Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems...