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Lawyers have to make a living, and can only do so by inducing people to believe that a straight line is crooked.

Alfred Nobel

A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.
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Book Death Ink Life Man
For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent.
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Brief Feeling Myself Writing
I would not leave anything to a man of action as he would be tempted to give up work; on the other hand, I would like to help dreamers as they find it difficult to get on in life.
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Action Difficult Dreams Leaving Life Man Work
My home is where I work, and I work everywhere.
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Home Myself Work
I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.
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Ideas Leaving Myself Peace Result
Nature is man’s teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence.
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Breathe Existence Heart Influence Man Nature Purity Sound Teaching Treasure
Hope is nature’s veil for hiding truth’s nakedness.
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Hide Hope Naked Nature True
Contentment is the only real wealth.
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Reality Satisfaction Wealth
Good wishes alone will not ensure peace.
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Alone Goodness Peace
Justice is to be found only in the imagination.
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Imagination Justice
One can state, without exaggeration, that the observation of and the search for similarities and differences are the basis of all human knowledge.
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Difference Human Knowledge Observation Search State
If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.
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Goodness Ideas Myself Satisfaction
Kant’s style is so heavy that after his pure reason, the reader longs for unreasonableness.
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heavy Purity Reading Reason Style
I am a misanthrope and yet utterly benevolent, have more than one screw loose yet am a super-idealist who digests philosophy more efficiently than food.
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Food Ideas Lose Myself Philosophy Reality
The truthful man is usually a liar.
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Lying Man One Liner Truth
Worry is the stomach’s worst poison.
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One Liner Poison Stomach Worry Worst

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