Quote #9740
The highest endeavor of the mind, and the highest virtue, is to understand things...
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I have suffered a great deal from writers who have quoted this or that...
Quote #27569
Most people hew the battlements of life from compromise, erecting their impregnable keeps from...
Quote #28979
Live by what you believe so fully that your life blossoms, or else purge...
Quote #26070
Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.
Quote #13688
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Quote #16937
A good intention clothes itself with power.
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It has always seemed to me extreme presumptuousness on the part of those who...
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I married the first man I ever kissed. When I tell my children that...
Quote #18532
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.