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Some are born great, others achieve greatness.

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For such is man: a Theological Dogma might be refuted to him a thousand times - provided however, that he had need of it, he would again and again accept it as true. Belief is always most desired, most pressingly needed where there is a lack of will. Fanaticism is the sole "volitional strength" to which the weak and irresolute can be excited, as a sort of hypnotising of the entire sensory-intellectual system.

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It takes a genius to whine appealingly.

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I have been tortured with longing to believe ... and the yearning grows stronger the more cogent the intellectual difficulties stand in the way.

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Tolerance is an admirable intellectual gift; but it is of little worth in politics.

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Intellectual knowledge exists in and of the brain. Because the brain is part of the body, which must one day expire, this collection of facts, however large and impressive, will expire as well. {But spiritual insight transcends death.}

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To be infatuated with the power of one's own intellect is an accident which seldom happens but to those who are remarkable for the want of intellectual power. Whenever Nature leaves a hole in a person's mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit.

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Inability to accept the mystic experience is more than an intellectual handicap.

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I am thoroughly sick of pearls. They make one look so plain, so good and so intellectual.

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I consider it important, indeed urgently necessary, for intellectual workers to get together, both to protect their own economic status and, also, generally speaking, to secure their influence in the political field.

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Besides the general infusion of wit to heighten civility, the direct splendor of intellectual power is ever welcome in fine society, as the costliest addition to its rule and its credit.

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A new degree of intellectual power seems cheap at any price.

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No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.

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These stories about my intellectual capacity really get under my skin. You know, for a while I even thought my staff believed it. There on my schedule first thing every morning it said, 'Intelligence Briefing.'

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The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.

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The elimination of the will altogether and the switching off of the emotions all and sundry, is tantamount to the elimination of reason: intellectual castration.

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A philosopher is a sort of intellectual yokel who gawks at things that sensible people take for granted.

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Who are a little wise the best fools be.

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Original thinking migrates each day in search of nourishment.

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I refuse to engage in an intellectual battle with an unarmed man.

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