The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
JOSEPH JOUBERTHow many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.
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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
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One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
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Ask the young. They know everything.
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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
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Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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Space is to place as eternity is to time.
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The passions of the young are vices in the old.
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Space is the stature of God.
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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
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