What is philosophy but a continual battle against custom.
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No sadder proof can be given of a person's own tiny stature, than their disbelief in great people.
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Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, and its power of endurance - the cheerful man will do more in the same time, will do it; better, will preserve it longer, than the sad or sullen.
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A healthy hatred of scoundrels.
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The meaning of song goes deep. Who in logical words can explain the effect music has on us A kind of inarticulate, unfathomable speech, which leads us to the edge of the infinite, and lets us for a moment gaze into that.
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The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
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