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We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For it is not possible to join serpentine wisd...more

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It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe.

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Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing away the veils,...more

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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

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The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

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We are much beholden to Machiavelli and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do . For it is not possible to join serpentine wisd...more

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It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe.

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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

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Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing away the veils,...more

"

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

"

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

"

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.