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Common sense is...

Common sense is...

Common sense is the measure of the possible; it is composed of experience and prevision; it is calculation applied to...

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There is no...

There is no...

There is no respect for others without humility in one's self.

Source: In

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END, n. The...

END, n. The...

END, n. The position farthest removed on either hand from the Interlocutor.

Source:...

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OPERA, n. A...

OPERA, n. A...

OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but...

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I sometimes wonder...

I sometimes wonder...

I sometimes wonder if the hand is not more sensitive to the beauties of sculpture than the eye. I should think the...

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A child cannot...

A child cannot...

A child cannot be taught by someone who despises him.

Source: In Famous Black...

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To be a...

To be a...

To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the...

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Jews and homosexuals...

Jews and homosexuals...

Jews and homosexuals are the outstanding creative minorities in contemporary urban culture. Creative, that is, in the...

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The freakish is...

The freakish is...

The freakish is no longer a private zone, difficult of access. People who are bizarre, in sexual disgrace, emotionally...

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Anyone who has...

Anyone who has...

Anyone who has passed through the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may...

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He who undervalues...

He who undervalues...

He who undervalues himself is justly undervalued by others.

Source: In Webster's...

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There are only...

There are only...

There are only 3 pleasures in life pure and lasting, and they all are derived from inanimate things: books, pictures,...

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Philosophy consists very...

Philosophy consists very...

Philosophy consists very largely of one philosopher arguing that all others are jackasses. He usually proves it, and I...

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For happiness one...

For happiness one...

For happiness one needs security, but joy can spring like a flower even from the cliffs of...

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It is easier...

It is easier...

It is easier to keep half a dozen lovers guessing than to keep one lover after he has stopped...

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Let a human...

Let a human...

Let a human being throw the energies of his soul into the making of something, and the instinct of workmanship will...

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The law is...

The law is...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the...

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I gleaned jests...

I gleaned jests...

I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.

Source: Rambler, no. 141 (London, 23...

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If I had...

If I had...

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a...

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No man was...

No man was...

No man was ever great by imitation.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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