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The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.

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Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.

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Nevertheless if any skillful Servant of Nature shall bring force to bear on matter, and shall vex it and drive it to extremities as if with the purpose of reducing it to nothing, then will matter (since annihilation or true destruction is not possible except by the omnipotence of God) finding itself in these straits, turn and transform itself into strange shapes, passing from one change to another till it has gone through the whole circle and finished the period.

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I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision.

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The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the vicissitude of sects and religions.

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The remedy is worse than the disease.

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By far the best proof is experience.

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A man were better relate himself to a statue or picture than to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.

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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.

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the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself.

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If you can talk about it, why paint it?

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Nothing is terrible except fear itself.

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God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

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A man finds himself seven years older the day after his marriage.

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The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes; and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible.

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I would like, in my arbitrary way, to bring one nearer to the actual human being.

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The first question concerning the Celestial Bodies is whether there be a system, that is whether the world or universe compose together one globe, with a center, or whether the particular globes of earth and stars be scattered dispersedly, each on its own roots, without any system or common center.

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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.

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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.

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The creative process is a cocktail of instinct, skill, culture and a highly creative feverishness.

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