Alexander at the head of the world never tasted the true pleasure that boys of his own age have enjoyed at the head of a school.
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Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.
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I avoid talking before the youth of the age as I would dancing before them: for if one's tongue don't move in the steps of the day, and thinks to please by its old graces, it is only an object of ridicule.
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I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.
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It was said of old Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, that she never puts dots over her I s, to save ink.
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Life is a comedy for those who think... and a tragedy for those who feel.
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Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
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Men are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
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Nine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.
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Oh that I were seated as high as my ambition, I'd place my naked foot on the necks of monarchs.
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The whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
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The wisest prophets make sure of the event first.
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The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
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This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel.
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