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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is...
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Irresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it.
Quote #9091
Hope is only the love of life.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die; any more than it...
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A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a...
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We begin to see that the completion of an important project has every right...
Quote #20251
First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the...
Quote #16885
The truth, the hope of any time, must always be sought in minorities.
Quote #8816
Nature has a great simplicity and therefore a great beauty.
Quote #21544
Prudent people are very happy ’tis an exceeding fine thing, that’s certain, but I...