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Man’s main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what...
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only...
Quote #21400
Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and...
Quote #17018
We expect others to act rationally even though we are irrational.
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Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small...
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Everything is something I decide to do, and there is nothing I have to...
Quote #4837
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
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Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third...
Quote #7752
What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth! The passions...
Quote #19056
Me, we. (Supposedly the shortest quote in the English language delivered at a Harvard...