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Our chief want in life is somebody who will make us do what we can. >>

It is one of the most beautiful compensations in life that no man can >>

The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost >>

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It were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discov >>

Translation is entirely mysterious. Increasingly I have felt that the >>

The test of a given phrase would be: Is it worthy to be immortal? To m >>

I do not hesitate to read all good books in translations. What is really best in any book is translatable -- any real insight or broad human sentiment.

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