History is the science of things which are not repeated.

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God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

A man is infinitely more complicated than his thoughts.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

We are enriched by our reciprocate differences.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a...

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken.

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own...

Politics is the art of preventing people from busying themselves with what is their own...

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

Two dangers constantly threaten the world: order and disorder.

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make...

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

We are wont to condemn self-love; but what we really mean to condemn is contrary...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things...

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to...

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake,...

Politeness is organized indifference.

Politeness is organized indifference.

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy...

Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...

Ignorance, inertia and indifference are alive and well in America's newspapers. Minority still equals inferiority...