Verses which do not teach men new and moving truths do not deserve to be read.
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Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.Voltaire
The biggest reward for a thing well done is to have done it.
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The multitude of books is making us ignorant.
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Prejudice is an opinion without judgment.
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It is better to risk saving a guilty person than to condemn an innocent one.
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All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
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