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Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. And in this it is not likely that all are mistaken: the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men; and that the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects. For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.






All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green,



All theory, dear friend, is gray, but the golden tree of life springs ever green,

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Any man can make mistakes.






Miss one person and the world seems empty.



Miss one person and the world seems empty.

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At any moment you choose you can retire within yourself. Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.






All I know is that I know nothing.






Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.






If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.



If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.

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How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.



How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.




It is not so much our friends' help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.






Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.






People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.






Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.






We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed.






He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”



He who would learn to fly one day must first learn to stand and walk and run and climb and dance; one cannot fly into flying.”

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Where there is love there is life.



Where there is love there is life.

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To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.






My trade and art is to live.






Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.






There was never a good war, or a bad peace.






It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.






Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.






Since love grows within you, so beauty grows. For love is the beauty of the soul.






Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.






On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.






The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.






My life is my message.






The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness.






Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.






This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.










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