Dare to be wise, begin!
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Think of all the beauty in yourself and in everything around you and be happy.
Only he who loves something is something; to be nothing and to love nothing are identical.
No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it.
Humility is not a virtue; that is, it does not arise from reason.
The meaning of a word is its use in the language.
To laugh is proper to man.
There is no higher rule than that over oneself, over one's impulses: there is the triumph of free will.
We must cultivate our garden.
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No one can wear a mask for very long.
While you live, while it is in your power, be good.
To will oneself free is also to will others free.
Truth is like the sun. It casts light on everything but does not let itself stared at.
The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.
The dictum that truth always triumphs over persecution is one of the pleasant falsehoods which men repeat after one another till they pass into commonplaces, but which all experience refutes.
The cost of a thing is the amount of what I will call life which is required to be exchanged for it, immediately or in the long run.
To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness.
The language of friendship is not words but meanings.
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.
Nature is wont to hide herself.
Philosophy is written in this grand book, which stands continually open before our eyes (I say the Universe), but can not be understood without first learning to comprehend the language and know the characters as it is written. It is written in mathematical language, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometric figures, without which it is impossible to humanly understand a word; without these one is wandering in a dark labyrinth.
A smile costs less than electricity, but gives much light.
We should try to be happy, just to set an example.
It is better to trust in ability than in luck.
It's too late to ask for advice when the danger comes.
Youth must be mastered not by force but by reason.
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
Audacity augments courage; hesitation, fear.
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