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It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people,...
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For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be...
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When a thing has been said, and said well, have no scruple. Take it...
Quote #8998
How helpless we are, like netted birds, when we are caught by desire!
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He was a genius – that is to say, a man who does superlatively...
Quote #25986
I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward.
Quote #29434
Fortunate indeed, is the man who takes exactly the right measure of himself, and...
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Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility...
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The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
Quote #23995
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We...