"He who remembers from day to day what he has yet to learn, and from month to month what he has learned already, may be said to have a love of learning."
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"Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?"
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"I usually have an immediate recognition of the potential image, and I have found that too much concern about matters such as conventional composition may take the edge off the first inclusive reaction."
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"The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it."
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"If a man wants love he should correct his weaknesses, or his flaws, and he may deserve it. But he cannot expect the unearned, either in love or in money; either in matter or in spirit."
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"Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind."
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"The fact would seem to be, if in my situation one may speak of facts, not only that I shall have to speak of things of which I cannot speak, but also, which is even more interesting, but also that I, which is if possible even more interesting, that I shall have to, I forget, no matter. And at the same time I am obliged to speak. I shall never be silent. Never."
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"To himself everyone is immortal; he may know that he is going to die, but he can never know that he is dead."
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"It is however, reasonable, to have perfection in our eye; that we may always advance towards it, though we know it never can be reached."
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"A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation."
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"If you are part of a society that votes, then do so. There may be no candidates and no measures you want to vote for ... but there are certain to be ones you want to vote against. In case of doubt, vote against. By this rule you will rarely go wrong."
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"Scientific discovery may not be better than sex, but the satisfaction lasts longer."
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"Misunderstanding of probability may be the greatest of all impediments to scientific literacy."
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"Man cannot always think of matter, however pleasurable it may be."
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"May the Great Mystery continue to guide and protect the paths of you and your loved ones."
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"Censorship may be useful for the preservation of morality, but can never be so for its restoration."
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"I may not unnerve myself while I can struggle against evil."
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"My principal method for defeating error and heresy is by establishing the truth. One purposes to fill a bushel with tares, but if I can fill it first with wheat, I may defy his attempts."
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"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."
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"Welcome every experience the looms of fate may weave for you."
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