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All pleasures contain an element of sadness.
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Any great work of art . . . revives and readapts time and space,...
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It doesn’t do any good to sit up and take notice if you keep...
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Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and...
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Seize today, and put as little trust as you can in tomorrow.
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An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.
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I do not want to die… until I have faithfully made the most of...
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The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and...
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People drain me, even the closest of friends, and I find loneliness to be...
Quote #29766
Whatever God’s dream about man may be, it seems certain it cannot come true...