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It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too.

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Those who are not schooled and practised in truth [who are not honest and upright men] can never manage aright the government, nor yet can those who spend their lives as closet philosophers; because the former have no high purpose to guide their actions, while the latter keep aloof from public life.

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Do all men kill the things they do not love?

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Men more quickly and more gladly recall what they deride than what they approve and esteem.

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The Muse is mute when public men Applaud a modern throne.

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It's not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done better.

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Do not press an enemy at bay. Prince Fu Ch'ai said: "Wild beasts, when at bay, fight desperately. How much more is this true of men! If they know there is no alternative, they will fight to the death.

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Man is the highest being in creation, because he attains to freedom.

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Words do not express thoughts very well; every thing immediately becomes a little different, a little distorted, a little foolish. And yet it also pleases me and seems right that what is of value and wisdom of one man seems nonsense to another.

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Man cannot breathe with borrowed lungs.

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Of the delights of this world man cares most for sexual intercourse.

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Beware of driving men to desperation. Even a cornered rat is dangerous.

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Who can be wise, amazed, temperate and furious, Loyal and neutral, in a moment? No man.

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Other men are lenses through which we read our own minds. Each man seeks those of different quality from his own, and such as are good of their kind; that is, he seeks other men, and the rest.

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A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.

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A bargain is in its very essence a hostile transaction do not all men try to abate the price of all they buy? I contend that a bargain even between brethren is a declaration of war.

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While man exclaims, "See all things for my use!" "See man for mine!" replies a pamper'd goose.

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The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.

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There is in nature a parallel unity which corresponds to the unity in the mind and makes it available. This methodizing mind meets no resistance in its attempts. The scattered blocks, with which it strives to form a symmetrical structure, fit. This design following after finds with joy that like design went before. Not only man puts things in a row, but things belong in a row.

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