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It is costly...

It is costly...

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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One good turn...

One good turn...

One good turn deserves another.

Source: Satyricon, sec. 45.
-- Petronius...

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In imagination, thereÆs...

In imagination, thereÆs...

In imagination, thereÆs no limitation.

Source: In Collection of 10,000...

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The world is...

The world is...

The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in.

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One can only...

One can only...

One can only face in others what one can face in oneself.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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When a man...

When a man...

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell...

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Though wisdom cannot...

Though wisdom cannot...

Though wisdom cannot be gotten with gold, still less can it be gotten without it.

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Genius is a...

Genius is a...

Genius is a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble.

Source: The...

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Nothing, it appears...

Nothing, it appears...

Nothing, it appears to me is of greater value in a man than the power of judgement; and the man who has it may be...

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The desire to...

The desire to...

The desire to be and have a sister is a primitive and profound one that may have everything or nothing to do with the...

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I finally figured...

I finally figured...

I finally figured it out, I finally figured out how to find some peace and happiness. I sure would hate for the man...

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Man is the...

Man is the...

Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.

Source: In...

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My life has...

My life has...

My life has a superb cast but I can't figure out the plot.

Source: From Charades,...

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Where we cannot...

Where we cannot...

Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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To be old...

To be old...

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude . . . the reason why old age was venerated in the past was...

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A full-dressed ecclesiastic...

A full-dressed ecclesiastic...

A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity; an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a...

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Comedy naturally wears...

Comedy naturally wears...

Comedy naturally wears itself out --destroys the very food on which it lives; and by constantly and successfully...

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How could they...

How could they...

How could they tell?

Source: On being told of the death of former President Calvin...

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Selective ignorance, a...

Selective ignorance, a...

Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops...

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He who lives...

He who lives...

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on the world a benefit when he dies.

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