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Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true...
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
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A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.
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He that promises most will perform least.
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Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own...
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He deserves Paradise who makes his companions laugh.
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People who imagine themselves to be self-made seldom enjoy examining the process of manufacture...
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They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
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Trees are the earth’s endless effort to speak to the listening heaven.
Quote #17808
It takes your enemy and your friend, working together, to hurt you the one...