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For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

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The will determines itself; it should not be described as blind, any more than vision should be described as deaf.
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Whenever anyone has offended me, I try to raise my soul so high that the offense cannot reach it.
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He who hid well, lived well.
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All that is necessary to right action is right judgment, and to the best action the most correct judgment.
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In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn than to contemplate.
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For the very fact that my knowledge is increasing little by little is the most certain argument for its imperfection.
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At last I will devote myself sincerely and without reservation to the general demolition of my opinions.
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I am accustomed to sleep and in my dreams to imagine the same things that lunatics imagine when awake.
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