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Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption


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Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind.



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As memory may be a paradise from which we cannot be driven, it may also be a hell from which we cannot escape.



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Dislike of another's opinions and beliefs neither justifies our own nor makes us more certain of them: and to transfer the repugnance to the person himself is a mark of a vulgar mind.



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Your faith is what you believe, not what you know.



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What we love to do we find time to do.



Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.

Those who believe in our ability do more than stimulate us. They create for us an atmosphere in which it becomes easier to succeed.



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