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The most powerful cause of error is the war existing between the senses and reason
The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first
Reason's last step is the recognition that there are an infinite number of things which are beyond it
Perfect clarity would profit the intellect but damage the will
Opinion is the queen of the world
Nature confuses the skeptics and reason confutes the dogmatists
Justice and power must be brought together, so that whatever is just may be powerful, and whatever is powerful may be just
It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory
It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power
It is not certain that everything is uncertain
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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