A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in himself.
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Common sense is calculation applied to life.
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Will localizes us thought universalizes us.
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Thought is a kind of opium; it can intoxicate us, while still broad awake; it can make transparent the mountains and everything that exists.
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Accept life, and you must accept regret.
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