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"Outer beauty you see with your eyes, but inner beauty you only see with your heart."
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"Why was the judgement of the disapproving so valuable? Who said that their good opinions tended to be any more rational than those of generally pleasant people?"

"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am."

"She'd always been a little contemptuous of beauty, as though it was something you had to trade away some other vital thing for."

"Romanticizing comes with colored glasses of the most colored sort."

"I knew from experience that no matter how much you turn things in your head, trying to make sense of them, some people just defy all logic."

"Using two-dimensional lenses to perceive the multi-faceted world can limit your ability to observe the world more objectively."

"A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses."

"When shrouded meanings and grim intentions are nicely polished up and pokerfaced personae are generously palming off their fantasy constructs, caution is the watchword, since rimpling water on the well of truth swiftly obscures our vision and perception. ['Trompe le pied.']"

"Why is the eye considered a reliable judge when it knows nothing of love or intelligence?"

"We perceive the world through the rear window of life, observe all the puzzles and little pieces of our existence and assemble them in a comprehensive pattern. This allows us to reassess and evaluate our world view. ['Waiting for the pieces to fall into place']"
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"Wisdom is the greatest speaker in history; nature, second. Folly is the worst speaker in history; fools, second."

"Behind you, leave your enemies. Beside you, keep your family. Around you, maintain your friends. Within you, cherish God."

"Crawl in faith, and you will end up walking. Walk in faith, and you will end up jogging. Jog in faith, and you will end up running. Run in faith, and you will end up sprinting. Sprint in faith, and you will end up soaring."

"Gray hairs signify old age, not wisdom. Muscles signify strength, not health. Laughter signifies amusement, not joy. Weeping signifies pain, not weakness. Smiling signifies courteousness, not love."
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