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We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are...
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A man of genius is privileged only as far as he is genius. His...
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I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual.
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Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage’s whole existence is...
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It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential...
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I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new...
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The public is a ferocious beast — one must either chain it up or...
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Dedicate some of your life to others. Your dedication will not be a sacrifice....
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It’s so much easier to suggest solutions when you don’t know too much about...
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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science...