They only are wise who know that they know nothing.
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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.
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A man lives by believing something.
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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one.
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Conviction is worthless unless it is converted into conduct.
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A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there can be no true joy.
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Once the mind has been expanded by a big idea, it will never go back to its original state.
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One life; a little gleam of Time between two Eternities; no second chance to us for evermore!
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A person with a clear purpose will make progress, even on the roughest road. A person with no purpose will make no progress, even on the smoothest road.
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Of all God’s creatures, Man alone is poor.
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He who has no vision of eternity has no hold on time.
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Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.
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History: A distillation of rumor.
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Love is not altogether a Delirium, says he elsewhere; “yet has it many points in common therewith.”
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Stop a moment, cease your work, and look around you.
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A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth.
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