Each age, it is found, must write its own books; or rather, each generation for the next succeeding.
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What you are thunders so loudly in my ears that I cannot hear what you say. What you do rings so loudly in my ears that I cannot hear what you say.
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We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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A low self-love in the parent desires that his child should repeat his character and fortune.
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