That which has been believed by everyone, always and everywhere, has every chance of being false.
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Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.
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The history of thought may be summed up in these words: it is absurd by what it seeks and great by what it finds.
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The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.
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We are wont to condemn self-love but what we really mean to condemn is contrary to self-love. It is that mixture of selfishness and self-hate that permanently pursues us, that prevents us from loving others, and that prohibits us from losing ourselves.
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