The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.

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Dont think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.

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It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

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The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

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Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

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You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.

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The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.

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Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.

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If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

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It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.

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