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The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them... Whether you find satisfaction in life depends not on your tale of years, but on your will.
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I write to keep from going mad from the contradictions I find among mankind - and to work some of those contradictions out for myself.
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The confidence in another man's virtue is no light evidence of a man's own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.
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A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.
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In nine lifetimes, you'll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you.
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I know well what I am fleeing from but not what I am in search of.
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Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.
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No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.
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I put forward formless and unresolved notions, as do those who publish doubtful questions to debate in the schools, not to establish the truth but to seek it.
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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.
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It should be noted that children at play are not playing about; their games should be seen as their most serious-minded activity.
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'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.
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I have never seen a greater monster or miracle in the world than myself.
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There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.
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