The pathetic almost always consists in the detail of little events.

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The winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

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The laws of probability, so true in general, so fallacious in particular.

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Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.

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I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

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Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.

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My early and invincible love of reading I would not exchange for all the riches of India.

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We improve ourselves by victories over ourself. There must be contests, and you must win.

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We improve ourselves by victories over ourselves. There must be contest, and we must win.

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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

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