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[N]ature without exercise...

[N]ature without exercise...

[N]ature without exercise is a seed shut up in a pod, and art without practice is nothing.

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Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Enthusiasms, like stimulants,...

Enthusiasms, like stimulants, are often affected by people with small mental ballast.

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Spontaneous and honest...

Spontaneous and honest...

Spontaneous and honest love admits errors, hesitations, and human failings; it can be tested and repaired. Idealized...

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You must never...

You must never...

You must never lose the awareness that in yourself you are nothing, you are only an instrument. An instrument is...

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Simplicity of character...

Simplicity of character...

Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.

Source: In The...

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A nickname is...

A nickname is...

A nickname is the heaviest stone that the devil can throw at a man. It is a bugbear to the imagination, and, though we...

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The thought that...

The thought that...

The thought that we are enduring the unendurable is one of the things that keep us going.

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Democracy consists of...

Democracy consists of...

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to...

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Bragging is not...

Bragging is not...

Bragging is not an attractive trait, but let's be honest. A man who catches a big fish doesn't go home through an...

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It is the...

It is the...

It is the nature of aphoristic thinking to be always in a state of concluding; a bid to have the final word is...

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Allowing an unimportant...

Allowing an unimportant...

Allowing an unimportant mistake to pass without comment is a wonderful social grace.

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Protestant women may...

Protestant women may...

Protestant women may take the Pill. Roman Catholic women must keep taking the Tablet.

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It is only...

It is only...

It is only the amateur [gardener] like myself who becomes obsessed and rejoices with a sadistic pleasure in weeds that...

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When I was...

When I was...

When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I...

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Being solitary is...

Being solitary is...

Being solitary is being alone well: being alone luxuriously immersed in doings of your own choice, aware of the...

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Only when a...

Only when a...

Only when a tree has fallen can you take a measure of it. It is the same with a man.

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When one is...

When one is...

When one is a stranger to oneself then one is estranged from others too.

Source: In...

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The Irish are...

The Irish are...

The Irish are often nervous about having the appropriate face for the occasion. They have to be happy at weddings,...

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As for pictures...

As for pictures...

As for pictures and museums, that don't trouble me. The worst of going abroad is that you've always got to look at...

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I think we...

I think we...

I think we are all of us a pretty milky lot, without tea-table convictions and our radicalism that keeps so...

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