#Essays: First Series

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

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 Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

Dec 24,2023

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Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

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 Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of human society.

Jan 20,2022

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A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

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 A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.

May 09,2021

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To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.

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 To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.

Apr 26,2021

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All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as

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 All our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as

Mar 23,2021

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