Quote #33917
Courage and modesty are the most unequivocal of virtues, for they are of a...
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History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes.
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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take...
Quote #10133
If people never did silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done.
Quote #12346
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
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We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
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I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he...
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to...
Quote #34392
That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.
Quote #12095
A pessimist is never disappointed.