| The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life. |
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| Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. |
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| Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it. |
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| Books are immortal sons deifying their sires. |
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| Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher; and philosophy begins in wonder. |
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| Friends have all things in common. |
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| Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom. |
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| Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. |
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| Man - a being in search of meaning. |
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| All wars are fought for the sake of getting money. |
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| Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. |
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| Whence comes war and fighting, and factions? Whence but from the body and the lust of the body? Wars are occasioned by the love of money, and money has to be acquired for the same and service of the body. |
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| Must not all things at the last be swallowed up in death? |
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| No one knows whether death is really the greatest blessing a man can have, but they fear it is the greatest curse, as if they knew well. |
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| Courage is a kind of salvation. |
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| Courage is knowing what not to fear. |
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| At the touch of love, everyone becomes a poet. |
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| When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. |
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| A sensible man will remember that the eyes may be confused in two ways - by a change from light to darkness or from darkness to light; and he will recognize that the same thing happens to the soul. |
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| No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. |
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