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"It is peculiar to mankind to transcend mankind."
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"Mankind, in all his lusts, punishes himself. The gods have to do very little."
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"To govern mankind, one must not overrate them."
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"Familiar things happen, and mankind does not bother about them. It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious."
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"Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response."
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"Sickness is mankind's greatest defect."
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"The proper study of mankind is woman."
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"The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind."
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"If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?"
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"The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes."
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"By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade."
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"Novels are the Socratic dialogues of our time. Practical wisdom fled from school wisdom into this liberal form."
Wisdom
"What men are among the other formations of the earth, artists are among men."
Men
"Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal."
Nothing
"Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do."
Art
"The genuine priest always feels something higher than compassion."
Compassion
"Novels tend to end as the Paternoster begins: with the kingdom of God on earth."
God
"Religion is not only a part of education, an element of humanity, but the center of everything else, always the first and the ultimate, the absolutely original."
Religion
"Many a witty inspiration is like the surprising reunion of befriended thoughts after a long separation."
Inspirational
"Considered subjectively, philosophy always begins in the middle, like an epic poem."
Philosophy
"One can only become a philosopher, but not be one. As one believes he is a philosopher, he stops being one."
Being
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