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Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems
When writing about transcendental issues, be transcendentally clear
When it is not in our power to determine what it true, we ought to follow what is most probable
To do is to be
The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries
In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power
A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed
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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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