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Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition,...
Quote #13758
Dost thou not know, my son, with how little wisdom the world is governed?
Quote #6636
Seize opportunity by the beard, for it is bald behind.
Quote #20146
She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket.
Quote #31190
American life is a powerful solvent. It seems to neutralise every intellectual element, however...
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Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and...
Quote #9749
Oh for a book and a shady nook…
Quote #3080
Something ignoble, loathsome, undignified attends all associations between people and has been transferred to...
Quote #3781
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity...
Quote #16668
An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more...