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What is reading but silent conversation?
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"Truth, like the juice of a poppy, in small quantities calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them and is attended by fatal consequences in its excess."
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"I never did a single wise thing in the whole course of my existence, although I have written many which have been thought so."
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"Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose direction and begin to bend."
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"Heat and animosity, contest and conflict, may sharpen the wits, although they rarely do; they never strengthen the understanding, clear the perspicacity, guide the judgment, or improve the heart."
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