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In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
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I searched for God and found only myself. I searched for myself and found...
Quote #17729
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Quote #9104
We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
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We were happily married for eight months. Unfortunately, we were married for four and...
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I take as metaphysical poetry that in which what is ordinarily apprehensible only by...
Quote #5836
Nature is not cruel, pitilessly, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for...
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Those that are good manners at the court are as ridiculous in the country,...
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I realized early on that the academy and the literary world alike-and I don’t...
Quote #25
A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity.