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Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science...
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If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it...
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How terrible it is to have wisdom when it does not benefit those who...
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense...
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Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you...
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The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and he who hath...
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No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars, or sailed to an uncharted...
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I speak the truth not so much as I would, but as much as...
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Nothing is so dangerous as an ignorant friend; A wise enemy is worth more.
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Science would be ruined if (like sports) it were to put competition above everything...