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Genius is present in every age, but the men carrying it within them remain benumbed unless extraordinary events occur to heat up and melt the mass so that it flows forth.
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Nihilist and Christian. They rhyme, and do not merely rhyme...
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It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
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We forget a fault when we have confessed it, but the person to whom we confess doesn't forget it.
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Flattery won't hurt you if you don't swallow it.
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One of the sure signs of maturity is the ability to rise to the point of self criticism.
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Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
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You insist on the example [of the death penalty]. Why? For what it teaches. What do you want to teach with your example? That thou shalt not kill. And how do you teach thou shalt not kill? By killing.
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Give me matter, and I will construct a world out of it!
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No more fiction for us: we calculate; but that we may calculate, we had to make fiction first.
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