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I...think it much more supportable to be always alone, than never to be so.

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I do not care so much what I am to others as I care what I am to myself.

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We can be knowledgeable with another man's knowledge, but we can't be wise with another man's wisdom.

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The greatest thing in the world is to know how to live to yourself.

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And in this we must for the most part entertain ourselves with ourselves, and so privately that no exotic knowledge or communication be admitted there...more

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Without doubt, it is a delightful harmony when doing and saying go together.

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A man with nothing to lend should refrain from borrowing.

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If I speak of myself in different ways, that is because I look at myself in different ways.

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All we do is to look after the opinions and learning of others: we ought to make them our own.