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"Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."
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"It is quite futile to argue that man is small compared to the cosmos, for man was always small compared to the nearest tree."

"The purpose of Compulsory Education is to deprive the common people of their commonsense."

"The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because generally they are the same people."

"I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite."

"Most modern freedom is at root fear. It is not so much that we are too bold to endure rules, it is rather that we are too timid to endure responsibilities."

"Virtue is not the absence of vices or the avoidance of moral dangers; virtue is a vivid and separate thing, like pain or a particular smell. Mercy does not mean not being cruel or sparing people revenge or punishment; it means a plain and positive thing like the sun, which one has either seen or not see."

"What people call impartiality may simply mean indifference, and what people call partiality may simply mean mental activity."

"Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously."
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