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I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those...
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our...
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An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his...
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Nothing changes your opinion of a friend so surely as success – yours or...
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You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You...
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The influence of individual character extends from generation to generation.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation, as allowed by Cicero himself,...
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Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a...
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We don’t love qualities, we love persons sometimes by reason of their defects as...