Occasionally he stumbled over the truth, but hastily picked himself up and hurried on as if nothing had happened.
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Winston S. Churchill
The truth is like salt. Men want to taste a little, but too much makes everyone sick.
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Joe Abercrombie
But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible.
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Jane Austen
It takes a very long time to become young.
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Pablo Picasso
Travel brings wisdom only to the wise. It renders the ignorant more ignorant than ever.
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Joe Abercrombie
More Quotes By Edward Gibbon
... but I must reluctantly observe that two causes, the abbreviation of time, and the failure of hope, will always tinge with a browner shade the evening of life.
Our work is the presentation of our capabilities.
Every person has two educations, one which he receives from others, and one, more important, which he gives to himself.
Books are those faithful mirrors that reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.
War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.
