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And in the air are no streets, no channels, no point where one can say of an antagonist, "If he wants to reach my capital he must come by here." In the air all directions lead everywhere.
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If a person never contradicts himself, it must be that he says nothing.
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Every thought you produce, anything you say, any action you do, it bears your signature.
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No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
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There is nothing in machinery, there is nothing in embankments and railways and iron bridges and engineering devices to oblige them to be ugly. Ugliness is the measure of imperfection.
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Fools laugh at others. Wisdom laughs at itself.
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History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided.
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.
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This is the age in which hills can look down upon the mountains.
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We should never let ourselves be burnt for our opinions; we are not that sure of them. But perhaps for this, that we may have and change our opinions.
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