Details make perfection, and perfection is not a detail.

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There is nothing which deceives us as much as our own judgement.

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Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.

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Most men are of naught more use in their lives but as machines for turning food into sh*t.

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Be a mirror, absorb everything around you and still remain the same

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I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.

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The greatest geniuses sometimes accomplish more when they work less.

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There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.

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Nature is the source of all true knowledge. She has her own logic, her own laws, she has no effect without cause nor invention without necessity.

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Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.

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