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The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow- witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.
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Until you do what you believe in, you don't know whether you believe it or not.
Upon meeting, you're judged by your clothes, upon parting you're judged by your wits.
Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.
Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.
Rest, nature, books, music...such is my idea of happiness.
Since corrupt people unite amongst themselves to constitute a force, then honest people must do the same.
Each person's task in life is to become an increasingly better person.
The most important time is Now
Memento mori - remember death! These are important words. If we kept in mind that we will soon inevitably die, our lives would be completely different. If a person knows that he will die in a half hour, he certainly will not bother doing trivial, stupid, or, especially, bad things during this half hour. Perhaps you have half a century before you die-what makes this any different from a half hour?
It is not beauty that endears, it's love that makes us see beauty.