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The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and...
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Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness-a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her...
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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection,...
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Nothing ever gets settled in this town. … a seething debating society in which...
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One wordFrees us of all the weight and pain of life:That word is love.
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Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
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My library Was dukedom large enough.
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Mine honour is my life both grow in one take honour from me and...
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I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he...
Quote #7244
Circumstances rule men and not men rule circumstances.