Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths are nothing but prejudices.
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We live less and less, and we learn more and more. Sensibility is surrendering to intelligence.
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Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war.
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Try to put well in practice what you already know. In so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about.
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