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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

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Will minus intellect constitutes vulgarity.

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Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

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The man who renounces himself, comes to himself.

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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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By late accounts from Rotterdam, that city seems to be in a high state of philosophical excitement. Indeed, phenomena have there occurred of a nature so completely unexpected--so entirely novel--so utterly at variance with preconceived opinions--as to leave no doubt on my mind that long ere this all Europe is in an uproar, all physics in a ferment, all reason and astronomy together by the ears.

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It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.

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The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

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If there had been a censorship of the press in Rome we should have had today neither Horace nor Juvenal, nor the philosophical writings of Cicero.

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Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative

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To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

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Though philosophical Hinduism has no other god but God, it cannot be denied that practical Hinduism is not so emphatically uncompromising as Islam.

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Grant what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt.

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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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Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is.

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The secret to humor is surprise.

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The object of the superior man is truth.

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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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Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage.

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The gods created certain kinds of beings to replenish our bodies... they are the trees and the plants and the seeds.

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