A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
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To do the opposite of something is also a form of imitation, namely an imitation of its opposite.Georg C. Lichtenberg
One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.
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Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.
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Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
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Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinion at all.
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Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.
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