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Excerption: The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless of course you are an exceptionally good liar.
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and liberty.
Idealism is the noble toga that political gentlemen drape over their will to power.
Delicacy of taste has the same effect as delicacy of passion; it enlarges the sphere both of our happiness and our misery.
To reform a man, you must begin with his grandmother.
There is plenty of peace in any home where the family doesn`t make the mistake of trying to get together.
Rivalry is the life of trade and the death of the trader.
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Entertaiment & Arts
Vivid selection of Latvian culture on offer in Tartu for 9 daysThe Estonian city of Tartu is hosting nine days of selected Latvian culture events up until the centennial of Latvia on November 18. The events begun on Friday with the opening of the photography exhibition by internationally acclaimed photographer Zaiga Šteina. |
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Samuel Johnson
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