"We tell lies, yet it is easy to show that lying is immoral."
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"What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'."
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"Real sign of intelligence isn't knoweldge, it's imagination"
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"The thinking (person) must oppose all cruel customs, no matter how deeply rooted in tradition and surrounded by a halo. When we have a choice, we must avoid bringing torment and injury into the life of another."
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"Nature does nothing in vain."
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"Well begun is half done."
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"Good habits formed at youth make all the difference."
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"The essence of genius is to know what to overlook."
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"And right action is freedom From past and future also."
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"The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works."
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"All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others."
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"Go forth a conqueror and win great victories."
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"Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance."
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"All art is but imitation of nature."
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"A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two."
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"We must honor our dragons, encourage them to be worthy destroyers, expect they'll strive to cut us down. It is their duty to ridicule us, it is their job to demean us, to force us if they can to stop being different! And when we walk our way no matter their fire and their fury, our dragons shrug when we're out of sight, return to their card-games philosophical: 'Ah well, we can't toast 'em all...'"
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"Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds."
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"Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior."
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"Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed."
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"Necessity is blind until it becomes conscious. Freedom is the consciousness of necessity."
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