We should not have either a blunt knife or a freedom of speech which is ill-managed. Enchiridion
Theirs, too, is the word-coining genius, as if thought plunged into a sea of words and came up dripping. The Common Reader
“A wise prince ought to . . . never in peaceful times stand idle, but increase his resources with industry in such a way that they may be available to him in adversity.” The Prince
Frequent and violent temptations were a proof that the citadel of the soul had not fallen and that the devil raged to make it fall. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
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