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There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another
Illusory joy is often worth more than genuine sorrow
I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake
Everything is self-evident
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it
Common sense is the most fairly distributed thing in the world, for each one thinks he is so well-endowed with it that even those who are hardest to satisfy in all other matters are not in the habit of desiring more of it than they already have
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
I think, therefore I am
It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well
If you would be a real seeker after truth, you must at least once in your life doubt, as far as possible, all things
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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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