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Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Wit is far more often a shield than a lance
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their read more
Many are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the time of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the spring-tide of their hopes.
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion
Wit is the epitaph of an emotion
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
[They can] shout down the head of the physics department at Cal Tech.
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as read more
Throughout history the world has been laid waste to ensure the triumph of conceptions that are now as dead as the men that died for them.
To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.
To give an accurate description of what never happened is the proper occupation of the historian.
There is no life that does not contribute to history.
There is no life that does not contribute to history.
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?
