Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a co
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Modesty is the lowest of the virtues, and is a confession of the deficiency it indicates. He who undervalues himself is justly overvalued by others.
Our repugnance to death increases in proportion t
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Our repugnance to death increases in proportion to our consciousness of having lived in vain.
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after
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Do not keep on with a mockery of friendship after the substance is gone - but part, while you can part friends. Bury the carcass of friendship: it is not worth embalming.
I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging
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I hate to be near the sea, and to hear it raging and roaring like a wild beast in its den. It puts me in mind of the everlasting efforts of the human mind, struggling to be free and ending just where it began.
Books let us into their souls and lay open to us
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Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.
When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like
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When I am in the country I wish to vegetate like the country.
No man is truly great who is great only in his own
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No man is truly great who is great only in his own lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history.
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