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An educated mind is, as it were, composed of all the minds of preceding ages.

Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

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It is high time for me to depart, for at my age I now begin to see things as they really are.
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Age Last Time Words
A philospher sees the Earth as a large planet, travelling through the heavens, covered with fools
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Earth Fool Heaven
It is the passions that do and undo everything.
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Everything Passion Undo
Leibniz never married; he had considered it at the age of fifty; but the person he had in mind asked for time to reflect. This gave Leibniz time to reflect, too, and so he never married.
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Math Mind Reflect Time
The Art of Flying is but newly invented, twill improve by degrees, and in time grow perfect; then we may fly as far as the Moon.
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Art Degree Future Invented Moo
If I held all the thoughts of the world in my hand, I would be careful not to open it.
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Carefully Hands Open Thinking
It is beauty that begins to please, and tenderness that completes the cbarm.
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Beauty Please Tenderness
If I had my hand full of truth, I would take good care how I opened it.
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Funny Hands Truth
I shall leave the world without regret, for it hardly contains a single good listener.
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Regret Silence World
Modesty in women has two special advantages,–it enhances beauty and veils uncomeliness.
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Special Two Veils
I feel nothing, apart from a certain difficulty in continuing to exist.
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Certain Difficulty Last Words
A true philosopher is like an elephant; he never puts the second foot down until the first one is solidly in place.
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Elephants Feet Firsts
People almost always do great things without knowing how to do them, and are quite surprised to have done them.
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Done Knowing People
Hardly anyone knows how much is gained by ignoring the future.
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Future Knows
Our sun enlightens the planets that belong to him; why may not every fixed star also have planets to which they give light?
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Enlighted Future Light Stars
A philosopher will not believe what he sees because he is too busy speculating about what he does not see.
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Believe Busy Philosopher

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