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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes...
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Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things...
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A man is getting along on the road to wisdom when he begins to...
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It is not observed in history that families improve with time.
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Those who steal from private individuals spend their lives in stocks and chains those...
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I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I...
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Riches, like glory or heath, have no more beauty or pleasure than their possessor...
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The greatest loss of time is delay and expectation. I never yet talked to...
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We feel free when we escape — even if it be but from the...