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One ought to hold on to one's heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

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One sticks to an opinion because he prides himself on having come to it on his own, and another because he has taken great pains to learn it and is pr...more

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Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons.

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Early in the morning, at break of day, in all the freshness and dawn of one’s strength, to read a book – I call that viciousness!

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Doubt as sin. — Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be sin. One is supposed to be cast into belief without...more

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Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.

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The misunderstanding of passion and reason, as if the latter were an independent entity and not rather a system of relations between various passions ...more

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My Ego taught me a new pride, I teach it to men: No longer to bury the head in the sand of heavenly things, but to carry it freely, an earthly head wh...more

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Sometimes, you have to love beyond yourself! And that's how you learn to love! That's why you had to drink the bitter glass of your love.