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Truth was the only daughter of Time
Nature is full of infinite causes that have never occured in experience
Wisdom is the daughter of experience
All our knowledge has its origin in our perceptions
Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind
The part always has a tendency to reunite with its whole in order to escape from its imperfection
He who offends others, does not secure himself
Such as harm is when it hurts me not, is good which avails me not
Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres
Truth at last cannot be hidden. Dissimulation is of no avail. Dissimulation is to no purpose before so great a judge. Falsehood puts on a mask. Nothing is hidden under the sun
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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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