We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

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If the head is lost, all that perishes is the individual; if the balls are lost, all of human nature perishes.

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Science without conscience is the soul's perdition.

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A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

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All's well in the end, if you've only the patience to wait.

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It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

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You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

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Wisdom entereth not into a malicious mind.

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There is no truer cause of unhappiness amongst men than, where naturally expecting charity and benevolence, they receive harm and vexation.

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I have known many who could not when they would, for they had not done it when they could.

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