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The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I...
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Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to...
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The essence of genius is to know what to overlook.
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Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting...
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Chess teaches you to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something...
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A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no...
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The heads of strong old age are beautiful beyond all grace of youth.
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At times one remains faithful to a cause only because its opponents do not...
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An aim of an argument should be progress, but progress ultimately means little without...