A great city whose image dwells in the memory of man is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest, Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem, and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world Art.

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An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own ch

An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

There is no education like adversity.

There is no education like adversity.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.

Like all great travellers I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.

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    Readers are advised to remember that the devil is a liar.

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