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The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that…
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The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
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The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
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Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
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A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
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Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
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Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
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Globally, emissions may have to be reduced, the scientists are telling us, by as much as 60% or 70%, with developed countries…
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Let art, then, imitate nature, find what she desires, and follow as she directs. For in invention nature is never last, education…
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It is usually the imagination that is wounded first, rather than the heart; it being much more sensitive.
— Henry David Thoreau
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