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To the dull mind all nature is leaden. To the illumined mind the whole...
Quote #11803
The world is my lobster.
Quote #19288
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
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To Robert Fulton What, sir, would you make a ship sail against the wind...
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Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you...
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Persistent people begin their success where others end in failure.
Quote #24353
The actual tragedies of life bear no relation to one’s preconceived ideas. In the...
Quote #13603
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know.
Quote #6587
Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a...
Quote #5176
Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change...