How do you know antiquity was foolish? How do you know the present is wise? Who made it foolish? Who made it wise?
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In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.Francois Rabelais
How can I govern others, who can't even govern myself?
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I know of a charm by way of a prayer that will preserve a man from the violence of guns and all manner of fire-weapons and engines but it will do me no good because I do not believe it
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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.
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Half the world does not know how the other half lives.
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The right moment wears a full head of hair: when it has been missed, you can't get it back; it's bald in the back of the head and never turns around.
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