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We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him
To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation
The most accomplished monkey cannot draw a monkey, this only man can do; just as it is also only man who regards his ability to do this as a distinct merit
The highest point to which a weak but experienced mind can rise is detecting the weakness of better men
The grave is still the best shelter against the storms of destiny
The drive to propagate our race has also propagated a lot of other things
Sometimes men come by the name of genius in the same way that certain insects come by the name of centipede - not because they have a hundred feet, but because most people can't count above fourteen
Perhaps in time the so-called dark ages will be thought of as including our own
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven
It not seldom happens that in the purposeless rovings and wanderings of the imagination we hunt down such game as can be put to use by our purposeful philosophy in its well-ordered household
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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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