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Natural abilities are like natural plants they need pruning by study.
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Conspicuous consumption of valuable goods is a means of reputability to the gentleman of...
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On a good day, I view the job of president as directing an orchestra....
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All universal moral principles are idle fantasies.
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To become oneself, with all one’s strength. Difficult. A bomb, a speech, a rifle...
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I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for the world...
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Poetry is to hold judgment on your soul.
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The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong; he can swear and...
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I don’t know why you use a fancy French word like dtente when there’s...