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“And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain.
Therefore, Farewell:”
― The Essays: A Selection
Therefore, Farewell:”
― The Essays: A Selection
“I had rather complain of ill-fortune than be ashamed of victory.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“I find I am much prouder of the victory I obtain over myself, when, in the very ardor of dispute, I make myself submit to my adversary’s force of reason, than I am pleased with the victory I obtain over him through his weakness.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― The Complete Essays
― The Complete Essays
“Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
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