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Common sense is only a modification of talent. Genius is an exaltation of it. The difference is, therefore, in degree, not nature.
Topic: Advice / Experience / Wisdom
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In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
Topic: All About Love
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There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
Topic: Appearance
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Writers are the main landmarks of the past.
Topic: Books and Reading
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Whenever man commits a crime heaven finds a witness.
Topic: Crime
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There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
Topic: Death / Immortality
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Youth is in danger until it learns to look upon debts as furies.
Topic: Debt
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The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.
Topic: Eccentricity
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Genius does what it must, and talent does what it can.
Topic: Genius
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Imitation, if noble and general, insures the best hope of originality.
Topic: Imitation
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The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.
Topic: Inspirational
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It is difficult to say who do you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.
Topic: Intentions
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A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry is to a woman.
Topic: Men and Women
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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
Topic: Miscellaneous
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We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.
Topic: Negativity
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Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.
Topic: Observation
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Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is active; it is concentrated strength.
Topic: Patience
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Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.
Topic: Remorse
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Enthusiasm is the genius of sincerity and truth accomplishes no victories without it.
Topic: Sincerity
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There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
Topic: Vanity
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