"Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right."
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"The charlatan takes very different shapes according to circumstances; but at bottom he is a man who cares nothing about knowledge for its own sake, and only strives to gain the semblance of it that he may use it for his own personal ends, which are always selfish and material."
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"Do not shorten the morning by getting up late; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred."
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"Every generation, no matter how paltry its character, thinks itself much wiser than the one immediately preceding it, let alone those that are more remote."
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"I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it."
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"Noise is the most impertinent of all forms of interruption. It is not only an interruption, but also a disruption of thought."
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"It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us."
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"Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law."
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"He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom."
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"One should use common words to say uncommon things"
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"Rudeness is better than any argument; it totally eclipses intellect."
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"Poverty and slavery are thus only two forms ofthe same thing, the essence of which is that a man's energies are expended for the most part not on his own behalf but on that of others."
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"Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity."
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"The effect of music is so very much more powerful and penetrating than is that of the other arts, for these others speak only of the shadow, but music of the essence."
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"Compassion is the basis of morality."
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"The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it."
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"Boredom is just the reverse side of fascination."
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"The present is the only reality and the only certainty."
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"Life is a business that does not cover the costs."
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"Faith is like love: it does not let itself be forced."
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