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The more a man knows, the less he talks.

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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
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Human Infinity Mathematics Stupidity Truth
Let us cultivate our garden.
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Cultivate Garden Improvement One Liner
Madness is to think of too many things in succession too fast, or of one thing too exclusively.
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Madness Patience Success Thinking
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Deep Greatness Healing Hide One Liner
If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Black Lives Matter Comparison Dwell Each Other Peace Religion
God is a comedian playing to an audience that is too afraid to laugh.
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Afraid Audience Comdey God Laugh Play
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Dwell Harm Life Misfortune Power Thorn
Man is free at the instant he wants to be.
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Freedom Instant Man One Liner Want
Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Cure Mad Madness Men Thinking
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Book Quantity Silence Writing
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Expectation Human Nature Life Live One Liner
Discord is the great ill of mankind; and tolerance is the only remedy for it.
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Greatness Man Patience Remedy Tolerance
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Beware Cherish Fear Honesty Seek Truth
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Book People Quantity Reading Stupidity Vulgar
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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Ignorance Path Road Species Stone Walk

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