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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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Wise men ne'er sit and wail their woes, but presently prevent the ways to wail.

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The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

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Tis a cruelty to load a fallen man.

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

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God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering.

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Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.

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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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Is the ground a philosophical concept? Has mind a relationship to the ground? Is it an idea to be investigated? Is the ground put together by thought?

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A friend is, as it were, a second self.

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What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?

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To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

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Obstinacy is the result of the will forcing itself into the place of the intellect.

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Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination.

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The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful.

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Isn't it really quite extraordinary to see that, since man took his first step, no one has asked himself why he walks, how he walks, if he has ever walked, if he could walk better, what he achieves in walking .. questions that are tied to all the philosophical, psychological, and political systems which preoccupy the world.

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A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.

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