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The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King Lear.
What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobo ...
As we grow older, we should learn that these are two quite different things. Character is something you forge for yourself; temper ...
We are the creatures of imagination, passion, and self- will, more than of reason or even of self-interest.... Even in the common ...
We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.
If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and ...
We all know children who grew up in authoritarian families and have never stopped rebelling against restrictiveness wherever they ...
The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident; to nations less for ...
Most liberals never lost sight of the potential for evil in big government. They have consistently opposed government power in mat ...
A few words more about Mrs. Humbert while the going is good (a bad accident is to happen quite soon).
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