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In love, as in war, a fortress that parleys is half taken.
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The modern age has been characterized by a Promethean spirit, a restless energy that...
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The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but...
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Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist.
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We have talked long enough in this country about equal rights. … It is...
Quote #3609
Very little is known about the War of 1812 because the Americans lost it.
Quote #18940
Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.
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Science cannot stop while ethics catches up — and nobody should expect scientists to...
Quote #21545
I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look...