"Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss."
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"The offender, who repents, is not yet lost."
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"There are innumerable worlds of different sizes. In some there is neither sun not moon, in others they are larger than in ours and others have more than one. These worlds are at irregular distances, more in one direction and less in another, and some are flourishing, others declining. Here they come into being, there they die, and they are distroyed by collision with one another. Some of the worlds have no animal or vegetable life nor any water."
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"I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia."
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"The wise man’s home is the universe."
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"One should practice much sense, not much learning."
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"Tis hard to fight with anger but the prudent man keeps it under control."
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"Good breeding in cattle depends on physical health, but in men on a well-formed character."
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"Moderation multiplies pleasures, and increases pleasure."
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"Reason is often a more powerful persuader than gold."
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"Magnanimity consists in enduring tactlessness with mildness."
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"Nothing exists but atoms and the void."
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"Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness."
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"Coition is a slight attack of apoplexy. For man gushes forth from man, and is separated by being torn apart with a kind of blow."
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"Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence."
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"Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men."
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"I am the most travelled of all my contemporaries; I have extended my field of enquiry wider than anybody else, I have seen more countries and climes, and have heard more speeches of learned men. No one has surpassed me in the composition of lines, according to demonstration, not even the Egyptian knotters of ropes, or geometers."
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"One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities."
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"The person who can laugh with life has developed deep roots with confidence and faith-faith in oneself, in people and in the world, as contrasted to negative ideas with distrust and discouragement."
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"Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil."
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