"A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself."

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“They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.”

“Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.”

“From abundance springs satiety.”

“Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.”

“It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.”

“He will have true glory who despises it.”

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"Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child’s clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships."

— Arthur Helps

Literature1813–1875

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"Soulmate" is an overused term, but a true soul connection is very rare, and very real."

— Hilary Duff

Music1987

#friendship

"A technology that by chance gains an early lead in adoption may eventually 'corner the market' of potential adopters, with the other technologies becoming locked out."

— W. Brian Arthur

Economics1946

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"As a historian, I have learned that, in fact, not everyone who reaches back into history can survive it. And it is not only reaching back that endangers us; sometimes history itself reaches inexorably…"

— Elizabeth Kostova

Literature1964

#knowledge