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When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, ‘To know one’s self.’ And...
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‘But it is always interesting when one doesn’t see,’ she added. ‘If you don’t...
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How come, just as the rocket is launching, the astronauts don’t also shoot some...
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The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those...
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If Beethoven had been killed in a plane crash at the age of 22,...
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The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They...
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Books may well be the only true magic.
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No more important duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great...
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.
Quote #25136
I don’t believe in pessimism. If something doesn’t come up the way you want,...