Logical Extreme Quotes by James Stephens

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• Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.
• What the heart knows today the head will understand tomorrow.
• It is by love alone that we understand anything
• Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory
• Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.
• A secret is a weapon and a friend.
• By having much, you are fitted to have more.
• To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.
• Chaos is the first condition. Order is the first law. Continuity is the first reflection. Quietude is the first happiness.
• Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom.
• We are washed both on coming into the world and on going out of it, and we take no pleasure from the…
• Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him…

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