Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it is as unfair as only sport can be.

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History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them.

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south...

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Biography, like big game hunting, is one of the recognized forms of sport, and it...

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Any stigma, as the old saying is, will serve to beat a dogma.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Success is little more than a chemical compound of man with moment.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Any stigma will do to beat a dogma.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

The work of Henry James has always seemed divisible by a simple dynastic arrangement into...

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

Greatness is so often a courteous synonym for great success

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

One is led astray alike by sympathy and coldness, by praise and by blame

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

The welfare of each is bound up in the welfare of all.

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of...

Those who have never tried the experiment of a holy life measure the laws of...

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

You're a good man, Charlie Brown.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other...

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is...

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make...

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make...

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.