"The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it."
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"A king of infinite space"
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"Man is by nature a political animal."
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"A categorical imperative would be one which represented an action as objectively necessary in itself, without reference to any other purpose."
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"Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms."
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"When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff."
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"Some laws of state aimed at curbing crime are even more criminal."
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"Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent."
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"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."
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"The most important thing you do everyday you live is deciding not to kill yourself."
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"Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers."
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"The greatest of follies is to sacrifice health for any other kind of happiness."
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"To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them."
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"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."
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"The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything."
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"Transcendence constitutes selfhood."
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"The best things in life make you sweaty."
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"I would say act like a man of thought and think like a man of action."
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"Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all."
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"The only secure knowledge is that I exist."
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