To know truly is to know by causes.
What man is without fault, and what king without weakness?
A man of wit is lost, if to his wit he does not join energy of character. If you have the lantern of Diogenes, you must also have his cudgel.
Oh, that simplicity and innocence never recognise themselves and their sacred value!
We never should wait for absolute knowledge of the whole case, since the discovery of truth is an arduous task, but should proceed in the direction in which truth appeared to direct us.
Behind the money lies a whole world of passions; it lies in human psychology.
The wicked are always surprised to find ability in the good.
The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself, and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.
Travel teaches toleration.
E = mc²
Everything that happens is a symbol.
Fit yourself into accord with the things in which your portion has been cast, and love the men among whom your lot has fallen, but love them truly.
Meanings are not determined by situations, but we determine ourselves by the meanings we give to situations.
Do not have too artificial an idea of man but judge him naturally. Don't consider him too good or too bad.
I will not be afflicted at men's not knowing me; I will be afflicted that I do not know men.
The art of the writer consists above all in making us forget that he uses words.
Too many words leave you speechless.
He who contradicts and chatters much is ill-fitted for learning what he ought.
What expresses itself in language, we cannot express by means of language.
And therefore justice is often thought to be the greatest of virtues, and 'neither evening nor morning star' is so wonderful; and proverbially 'in justice is every virtue comprehended'.
One's first step in wisdom is to question everything: and one's last is to come to terms with everything.
Not only were we happy, but we knew it.
Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
The only way to want, is to act.
Nothing is ours, except time.
Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
Truth and clarity are complementary.
Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so he is.
The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.
If you see a great master, you will always find that he used what was good in his predecessors, and that it was this which made him great.
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