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"It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."
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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn."
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"To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance."
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"Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do."
Man

"We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends."
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"Compassion is the antitoxin of the soul: where there is compassion even the most poisonous impulses remain relatively harmless."
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"Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us."
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"Our passionate preoccupation with the sky, the stars, and a God somewhere in outer space is a homing impulse. We are drawn back to where we came from."
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"Where everything is possible miracles become commonplaces, but the familiar ceases to be self-evident."
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"Whenever you trace the origin of a skill or practices which played a crucial role in the ascent of man, we usually reach the realm of play."
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"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
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