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Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for...more

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Knowlege of God without knowledge of man's wretchedness leads to pride. Knowledge of man's wretchedness without knowledge of God leads to despair. Kno...more

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In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't.

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Can anything be stupider than that a man has the right to kill me because he lives on the other side of a river and his ruler has a quarrel with mine,...more

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The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

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Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.

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Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

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The knowledge of God without that of man's misery causes pride. The knowledge of man's misery without that of God causes despair. The knowledge of Jes...more

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Curiosity is only vanity. We usually only want to know something so that we can talk about it.