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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

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And I entered and beheld with the eye of my soul... the Light Unchangeable... He that knows the Truth, knows what that Light is; and he that knows It, knows Eternity.

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A great cause of the night is lack of the sun.

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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

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Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good.

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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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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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He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

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Punishment is justice for the unjust.

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Hatred is an affair of the heart; contempt that of the head.

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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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To some extent I liken slavery to death.

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Buddhism is a hundred times as realistic as Christianity it is part of its living heritage that it is able to face problems objectively and coolly; it is the product of long centuries of philosophical speculation.

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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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There is more to be learnt from every page of David Hume than from the collected philosophical works of Hegel, Herbart, and Schleiermacher are taken together.

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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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What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes.

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We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.

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Laws are silent in time of war.

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