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There was a young man in Rome ...

There was a young man in Rome that was very like Augustus Caesar; Augustus took knowledge of it and sent for the man, and asked him 'Was your mother never at Rome?' He answered 'No Sir; but my father was.'

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Truth comes out of error more ...

Truth comes out of error more readily than out of confusion.

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It would be unsound fancy and ...

It would be unsound fancy and self-contradictory to expect that things which have never yet been done can be done except by means which have never yet been tried.

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Picasso is the reason why I pa...

Picasso is the reason why I paint. He is the father figure, who gave me the wish to paint.

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There was never miracle wrough...

There was never miracle wrought by God to convert an atheist, because the light of nature might have led him to confess a God.

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The nature of things betrays i...

The nature of things betrays itself more readily under the vexations of art than in its natural freedom.

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Painting gave meaning to my li...

Painting gave meaning to my life which without it would not have had

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Men in great place are thrice ...

Men in great place are thrice servants: servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.

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Above all, believe it, the swe...

Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy.

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Such is the way of all superst...

Such is the way of all superstition, whether in astrology, dreams, omens, divine judgments, or the like; wherein men, having a delight in such vanities, mark the events where they are fulfilled, but where they fail, though this happen much oftener.

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Dreams, and predictions of ast...

Dreams, and predictions of astrology....ought to serve but for winter talk by the fireside.

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Many secrets of art and nature...

Many secrets of art and nature are thought by the unlearned to be magical.

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A man must make his opportunit...

A man must make his opportunity, as oft as find it.

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Praise is the reflection of vi...

Praise is the reflection of virtue.

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Nuptial love makes mankind; fr...

Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

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It's not what we eat but what ...

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

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It is a pleasure to stand upon...

It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea: a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleasure is comparable to standing upon the vantage ground of truth . . . and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below.

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There is no passion in the min...

There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death . . . Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it.

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We are much beholden to Machia...

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

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Journeys at youth are part of ...

Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience.

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....