"Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things."

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"Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things."

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"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

"Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long."

"The right man is the one who seizes the moment."

"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition."

"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls."

"If men cease to believe that they will one day become gods then they will surely become worms."

"Men are fighting... because they are convinced that the extermination of adversaries is the only means of promoting their own well-being."

"As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress."

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"Married love between man and woman is bigger than oaths guarded by right of nature."

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