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A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.
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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.
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War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
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In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or hatred; it teaches rather self-knowledge and self-respect.
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All of us who are worth anything, spend our manhood in unlearning the follies, or expiating the mistakes of our youth.
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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.
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Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.
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I have drunken deep of joy, And I will taste no other wine tonight.
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Change is certain. Peace is followed by disturbances; departure of evil men by their return. Such recurrences should not constitute occasions for sadness but realities for awareness, so that one may be happy in the interim.
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We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
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When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.
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