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Man’s main task is to give birth to himself.
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Hope is the thing with feathers — that perches in the soul — and...
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Creatures whose mainspring is curiosity enjoy the accumulating of facts far more than the...
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The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own...
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When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you...
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Virtue is its own reward. There’s a pleasure in doing good which sufficiently pays...
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The growth of understanding follows an ascending spiral rather than a straight line.
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We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear....
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There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening...
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To my daughter Leonora without whose never failing sympathy and encouragement this book would...