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People of limited intelligence are fond of talking about "these days," imagining that they have discovered and appraised the peculiarities of "these d...more

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To destroy the life that dwells in othersis beyond your power. The life of those you have slainhas vanished from your eyes, but is not destroyed. Yout...more

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My field was God’s earth. Wherever I ploughed, there was my field. Land was free. It was a thing no man called his own. Labor was the only thing men c...more

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truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

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All the diversity, all the charm, and all the beauty of life are made up of light and shade.

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Anything is better than lies and deceit!

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If goodness has causes, it is not goodness; if it has effects, a reward, it is not goodness either. So goodness is outside the chain of cause and effe...more

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Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this beautiful world, under those immeasurable, starry heavens? Is it possible that man's heart ca...more

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But the princess had never seen the beautiful expression of her eyes; the expression that came into them when she was not thinking of herself. As is t...more

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The old oak, utterly transformed, draped in a tent of sappy dark green, basked faintly, undulating in the rays of the evening sun. Of the knotted fing...more

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Her eyes, always sad, now looked into the mirror with particular hopelessness. "She's flattering me," thought the princess, and she turned away and we...more

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Men always did and always will err and nothing more than in what they consider right and wrong.

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There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness, and truth.

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We can know only that we know nothing. And that is the highest degree of human wisdom.

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Every man had his personal habits, passions, and impulses toward goodness, beauty, and truth.