Quote #132

I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.

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  1. Nature, like man, sometimes weeps from gladness.
  2. But what minutes! Count them by sensation, and not by calendars, and each moment is a day, and the race a life.
  3. How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his br…
  4. The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame; a quality of success which would almost seem to include all oth…
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  6. To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
  7. We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of th…
  8. Variant: To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.

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