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Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

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The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine.

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What verse is for the poet, dialectical thinking is for the philosopher. He grasps for it in order to get hold of his own enchantment, in order to perpetuate it.

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Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others.

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God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

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Humility is the most difficult of all virtues to achieve; nothing dies harder than the desire to think well of self.

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There will be no end to the troubles of states,Or of humanity itself,Till philosophers become kings in this world,Or till those we now call kings and rulers really And truly become philosophers

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It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

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It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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I know nothing of philosophical philanthropy. But I know what I have seen, and what I have looked in the face in this world here, where I find myself. And I tell you this, my friend, that there are people (men and women both, unfortunately) who have no good in them-none. That there are people whom it is necessary to detest without compromise. That there are people who must be dealt with as enemies of the human race. That there are people who have no human heart, and who must be crushed like savage beasts and cleared out of the way.

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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

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It takes all the running you can do just to keep in the same place.

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We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

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Alice came to a fork in the road. 'Which road do I take?' she asked. 'Where do you want to go?' responded the Cheshire Cat. 'I don't know,' Alice answered. 'Then,' said the Cat, 'it doesn't matter.

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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.

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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.

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If, like Hume, I had all manner of adornment in my power, I would still have reservations about using them. It is true that some readers will be scared off by dryness. But isn't it necessary to scare off some if in their case the matter would end up in bad hands?

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I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano!

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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.

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Fine. Since the tea is not forthcoming, let's have a philosophical conversation.

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