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• Ask a wise man to dinner and he'll upset everyone by his gloomy silence or tiresome questions. Invite him to a dance…
• There is no joy in possession without sharing.
• They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a…
• They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as…
• [N]o party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
• The opinion formulated by the Church has more value in my eyes than human reasons, whatever they may be.
• Do not put chewed bones back on plates. Instead, throw them on the floor for the dog.
• Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.
• Anything which causes trouble has special merit in their eyes.
• By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.
• As an example of just how useless these philosophers are for any practice in life there is Socrates himself, the one and…
• [Only by] the good influence of our conduct may we bring salvation in human affairs; or like a fatal comet we may…

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