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The philosophic mind inclines always to an elaborate life--the life of Goethe or of Leonardo da Vinci; but the life of the poet isintense--the life of Blake or of Dante--taking into its centre the life that surrounds it and flinging it abroad again amid planetary music.

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No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

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cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a natural tendency that is very useful to morality in relation to other human beings is weakened.

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Complete non-violence is complete absence of ill-will against all that lives. It therefore embraces even sub-human life, not excluding noxious insects and beasts. They have not been created to feed our destructive propensities. If we only knew the mind of the Creator, we should find their proper place in His creation.

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Christianity is called the religion of pity.

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When I study philosophical works I feel I am swallowing something which I don't have in my mouth.

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A fool marvels at rare things, but a wise man at common ones.

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A great while ago the world begun, With hey, ho, the wind and the rain; But that's all one, our play is done, And we'll strive to please you every day.

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It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

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Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

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The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

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They lived freely among the students, they argued with the men over philosophical, sociological and artistic matters, they were just as good as the men themselves: only better, since they were women.

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When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

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It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

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When you are laboring for others, let it be with the same zeal as if it were for yourself.

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The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

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There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently

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Honor is the reward of virtue.

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The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

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My good friend, you are a citizen of Athens, a city which is very great and very famous for its wisdom and power - are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?

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