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Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature,...
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Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to...
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The most powerful ties are the ones to the people who gave us birth...
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A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.
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Poorly written novels–no matter how pious and edifying the behavior of the characters–are not...
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If thou are a master, be sometimes blind if a servant, sometimes deaf.
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An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the...
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Has not Nature proved, in giving us the strength necessary to submit them to...
Quote #25696
Be humble, if thou would’st attain to Wisdom. Be humbler still, when Wisdom thou...