A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. The Critic as Artist
He is ungrateful who denies that he has received a kindness which has been bestowed upon him; he is ungrateful who conceals it; he is ungrateful who makes no return for it; most ungrateful of all is he who forgets it. De Beneficiis
Life takes us by surprise and orders us to move toward the unknown — even when we don't want to and when we think we don't need to. By The River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept
Literacy made the Spaniards heirs to a huge body of knowledge about human behavior and history. Guns, Germs And Steel
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