Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.
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Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
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There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.
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Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.
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Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.
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There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.
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Philosophers call God the great unknown The great misknown is more like it!
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Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.
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A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
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Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know.
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