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Truth has already ceased to be itself if polemically said.
History is a blood-drenched enigma and the world an error.
Any fact becomes important when it's connected to another.
Yesterday's rose endures in its name, we hold empty names.
There are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
Next to the joy of the egotist is the joy of the detractor.
Guests are the delight of leisure, and the solace of ennui.
We cannot really love anyone with with whom we never laugh.
The minister's brain is often the "poor-box" of the church.
If the world is cold, make it your business to build fires.
Nothing relieves and ventilates the mind like a resolution.
All sounds are sharper in winter; the air transmits better.
Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.
Hillary Clinton wants to leave behind No Child Left Behind.
Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today.
For centuries, Cubas greatest resource has been its people.
To different minds, the same world is a hell, and a heaven.
Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.
The finished man of the world must eat of every apple once.
Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely
Wise men put their trust in ideas and not in circumstances.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
People are very inclined to set moral standards for others.
The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going
The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.
What we have learned from other becomes our own reflection.
Every man's Reason is sufficient for his guidance, if used.
We all need someone who can help us do what we already can.
If you would lift me up, you've got to be on higher ground.
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor.
The way to mend the bad world is to create the right world.
Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty.
Shakespeare will never be made by the study of Shakespeare.
If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.
Let us answer a book of ink with a book of flesh and blood.
Guard your own spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds.
London is the epitome of our times, and the Rome of to-day.
Governments have their origin in the moral identity of men.
We thirst for approbation, yet cannot forgive the approver.
The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.
Conversation is the laboratory and workshop of the student.
There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
Every man has an atmosphere which is affecting every other.
The cat dwells within the circle of her own secret thoughts.
If this be the Messiah, then I do not wish to see his coming
Whenever you find humour, you find pathos close by its side.
The United States is evil ... it is the canker of the world.
If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart.
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.