Education perverts the mind since we are directly opposing the natural development of our mind by obtaining ideas first and observations last. This is why so few men of learning have such sound common sense as is quite common among the illiterate.

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After your death you will be what you were before your birth.

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All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

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You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.

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Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed.

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The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.

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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

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Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom.

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The safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.

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It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

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