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Two Chinamen visiting Europe went to the theatre for the first time. One of them occupied himself with trying to understand the theatrical machinery, which he succeeded in doing. The other, despite his ignorance of the language, sought to unravel the meaning of the play. The former is like the astronomer, the latter the philosopher.

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Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.

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To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.

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Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of humility.

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

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The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.

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The secret to humor is surprise.

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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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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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Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

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Can an ass be tragic?--To perish under a burden that one can neither bear nor cast off? The case of the philosopher.

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If we did not have rational souls, we would not be able to believe.

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The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

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The law is reason, free from passion.

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Happiness is the highest good

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Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.

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Ultimately one loves one's desires and not that which is desired.

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for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use

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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 Gay Science, section 108

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