For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.
If you were born without wings, do nothing to prevent them from growing.
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
I would never die for my beliefs, because I might be wrong.
There are certain things that we hide in order to reveal them.
We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love.
We admire the world through what we love.
Responsible one is not only for what you do but also for what it does not.
Do not trouble yourself, make yourself simple.
There is no disguise which can long hide love where it exists, nor feign it where it does not.
If we had no pride we should not complain of that of others.
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
Learning to love is why we are here.
A day without laughter is a day wasted.
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I am human, and I think that nothing of that which is human is alien to me.
It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.
The aim of living is Life itself.
Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.
You can't live at all, unless you can live fully now.
There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.
Article IV – Liberty consists of doing anything which does not harm others: thus, the exercise of the natural rights of each man has only those borders which assure other members of the society the enjoyment of these same rights. These borders can be determined only by the law.
Article I – Men are born and remain free and equal in rights. Social distinctions can be founded only on the common good.
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One word and all is saved One word and all is lost.
The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
Time is a great master; it regulates things well.
Hide your life and spread your spirit.
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
...and nobody knows the extent of his strength until he has tried.
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure.
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