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What is the first business of one who practices philosophy To get rid of...
Quote #21203
Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor.
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Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose — a...
Quote #8015
Experience is a hard teacher becuase she gives the tests first, the lessons afterwards.
Quote #18707
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of...
Quote #27404
It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is...
Quote #21253
Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always...
Quote #34102
There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don’t know what it’s...
Quote #9975
There is nothing remarkable about it, all one has to do is hit the...
Quote #17346
God could cause us considerable embarrassment by revealing all the secrets of nature to...