Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton in letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton (3 April 1887)
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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