Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.
FRANCIS BACONThere is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior
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To suffering there is a limit; to fearing, none.
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In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
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The only really interesting thing is what happens between two people in a room.
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It is impossible to love and be wise.
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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
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Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.
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There is no exquisite beauty, without some strangeness in the proportion.
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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.
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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.
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Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
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The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.
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