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A closed mouth catches no flies.
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I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done since I...
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices...
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History is little else than a picture of human crimes and misfortunes.
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George Washington as a boy was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth –...
Quote #996
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than...
Quote #8321
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a...
Quote #34700
Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one’s own person is...
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A duty dodged is like a debt unpaid; it is only deferred, and we...
Quote #8165
Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and...