The best Quotations

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Quotation Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way. - writer
Quotation Much smoking kills live men and cures dead swine. - writer
Quotation A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one. - writer
Quotation All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure. - writer
Quotation They understand but a little who understand only what can be explained. - writer