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“Our test of truth is a reference to either a present or imagined future majority in favour of our view.”

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While we've youth in our hearts, we can never grow old.

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Blood is a destiny. One's genius descends in the stream from long lines of ancestry.

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If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.

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Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

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It is mere childishness to expect men to believe as their fathers did; that is, if they have any minds of their own. The…

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Longevity is having a chronic disease - and taking care of it.

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As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify…

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On every stem, on every leaf,... and at the root of everything that grew, was a professional specialist in the shape of grub, caterpillar,…

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Three generations of imbeciles are enough.

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A good soldier, like a good horse, cannot be of a bad color.

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Free competition is worth more to society than it costs.

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Systems die; instincts remain.

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