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No human thing is of serious importance.

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I would teach children music, physics, and philosophy; but most importantly music, for the patterns in music and all the arts are the keys to learning.
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Art Children Learning Music Philosophy Science Teaching
Character is simply habit long continued.
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Character Habit Human One Liner
If a man can be properly said to love something, it must be clear that he feels affection for it as a whole, and does not love part of it to the exclusion of the rest.
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Affection Exclusion Feeling Love Man
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Fools Intelligence Men Philosophy Speak
Have you ever sensed that our soul is immortal and never dies?
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Death Die Immortal Philosophy Soul
Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge.
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Behaviour Character Desire Emotion Flow Human Knowledge
We are like people looking for something they have in their hands all the time; we’re looking in all directions except at the thing we want, which is probably why we haven’t found it.
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Direction Except Hands People Satisfaction Selfish Time Want
There is truth in wine and children.
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Alcohol Children Funny Truth Wine
Those who don’t know must learn from those who do.
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Knowledge Learning Teaching
A house that has a library in it has a soul.
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Book House Library One Liner Soul
Love is the pursuit of the whole.
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Love One Liner Pursuit
Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Inspirational Invention Mother Necessity One Liner
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
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Afraid Children Darkness Fear Forgiveness Light Tragedy
There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.
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Angry Help Lesson Patience Person
Humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces.
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Creation Duality Face Human Mask
Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.
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Amuse Children Discover Education Force Genius Harsh Learning Mind Train

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