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I don’t know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather...
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Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
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“Reality” is the only word in the English language that should always be used...
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Nothing makes a woman more beautiful than the belief that she is beautiful.
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Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it...
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The passing of an ordinary man is sad. The passing of a great man...
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It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins...
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The deep joy we take in the company of people with whom we have...
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Perhaps of all the creations of man, language is the most astonishing.
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It is a besetting vice of democracies to substitute public opinion for law. This...