To read means to borrow to create out of one's readings is paying off one's debts.
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There are people who think that everything one does with a serious face is sensible.
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When a book and a head collide and there is a hollow sound, is it always from the book?
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He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won't encounter many rivals.
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He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage he won't encounter many rivals.
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The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.
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The worst thing you can possibly do is worrying and thinking about what you could have done.
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The proof that man is the noblest of all creatures is that no other creature has ever denied it.
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What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!
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I am always grieved when a man of real talent dies, for the world needs such men more than heaven does.
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