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Men fear thought as they fear nothing else on earth — more than ruin...
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Small to greater matters must give way.
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There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is...
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Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed:...
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Exhaustion and exasperation are frequently the handmaidens of legislative decision.
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That laugther costs too much which is purchased by the sacrifice of decency.
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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it...
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‘Let thine occupations be few,’ saith the sage, ‘if thou wouldst lead a tranquil...
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One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name.