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A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.

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It is from cowardice and not from want of enlightenment that we do not read in our own hearts.
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Coward Enlightenment Heart Ourselves Reading
Only great minds can afford a simple style.
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Afford Greatness Lifestyle Mindset Simplicity
The first virtue of a young man today – that is, for the next fifty years perhaps, as long as we live in fear, and religion has regained its powers – is to be incapable of enthusiasm and not to have much in the way of brains.
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Brain Fear Live Man Power Regain Religion Virtue Way Young
A very small matter, when all is said; only a fool would be concerned about it.
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Concern Fools Small Thinking
The only unhappiness is a life of boredom.
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Boredom Happiness Life
I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.
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Crumble Myself Rule See World
A novel is a mirror which passes over a highway. Sometimes it reflects to your eyes the blue of the skies, at others the churned-up mud of the road.
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Eyes Highway Mirror Novel Reflection Road
Life is very short, and it ought not to be spent crawling at the feet of miserable scoundrels.
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Life Misery Short Time
Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.
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Life Regain Short Wasted Time
But, if I sample this pleasure so prudently and circumspectly, it will no longer be a pleasure.
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Happiness Myself Pleasure Time
Who knows whether it is not true that phosphorus and mind are not the same thing?
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Different Known Mindset True
At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.
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Authority Distance Sight Subject
Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.
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Accomplishment Creature Extreme Greatness Possible
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
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Carry Main Mirror Novel Road
The first qualification for a historian is to have no ability to invent.
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Ability History Invention Qualification
One of the traits of genius is not to drag its thought through the rut worn by vulgar minds.
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Drag Genius Mindset Thinking Vulgar

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