The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
Since I grew tired of the chase And search, I learned to find; And since the wind blows in my face, I sail with every wind.
Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.
Time reveals the truth.
To choose, and therefore exclude.
when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.
Confidence raises the soul.
There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.
There are hurricanes in human affairs, tempests of passion, when it is wise to retire to a harbor and ride it out at anchor. Remedies often make diseases worse.
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Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being? The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes.
To create is to live twice.
Examine men's ruling principles, even those of the wise, what kind of things they avoid, and what kind they pursue.
Education is another sun to those who are educated.
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.
Some subjects are so serious that one can only joke about them.
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
The beard does not make the philosopher.
The time has come to light the stars again.
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What can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence.
It is often easier to discover a truth than to assign to it its proper place.
Few people know how to be old.
Man, too, has wings, he has imagination.
Few people ask from books what books can give us.
All our analyses show us, in life, an effort to remount the incline that matter descends.
A true friend is discerned during an uncertain matter.
It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.
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