The mind is a dangerous weapon, even to the possessor, if he knows not discreetly how to use it.
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Not because Socrates said so, but because it is in truth my own disposition and perchance to some excess I look upon all men as my compatriots, and embrace a Pole as a Frenchman, making less account of the national than of the universal and common bond.
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A man may by custom fortify himself against pain, shame, and suchlike accidents but as to death, we can experience it but once, and are all apprentices when we come to it.
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The easy, gentle, and sloping path ... is not the path of true virtue. It demands a rough and thorny road.
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