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Extreme vanity sometimes hides under the garb of ultra modesty.


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In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.

In morals, what begins in fear usually ends in wickedness; in religion, what begins in fear usually ends in fanaticism. Fear, either as a principle or a motive, is the beginning of all evil.



Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never.

Childhood sometimes does pay a second visit to man; youth never.



What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of mind, for the moment realizes itself.

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are. The mere aspiration, by changing the frame of mind, for the moment realizes itself.



All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the safe side and the just side of a question is the generous side and the merciful side.

All my experience of the world teaches me that in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred the safe side and the just side of a question is the generous side and the merciful side.



As the presence of those we love is as a double life, so absence, in its anxious longing and sense of vacancy, is as a foretaste of death.

As the presence of those we love is as a double life, so absence, in its anxious longing and sense of vacancy, is as a foretaste of death.



All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny.

All government, all exercise of power, no matter in what form, which is not based in love and directed by knowledge, is a tyranny.



Nature and truth are one, and immutable, and inseparable as beauty and love.

Nature and truth are one, and immutable, and inseparable as beauty and love.



To reason from analogy is often dangerous, but to illustrate by a fanciful analogy is sometimes a means by which we light an idea, as it were, into the understanding of another.

To reason from analogy is often dangerous, but to illustrate by a fanciful analogy is sometimes a means by which we light an idea, as it were, into the understanding of another.



What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

What we truly and earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.



Modesty and chastity are twins

Modesty and chastity are twins





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We are all one. Everything is meaningless, and yet at the same time meaningful. Everything matters and doesn’t matter just as much, " Wisdom said and looked beyond time.(Nakoma, by Gala.J)




Without delayed gratification, there is no perseverance.

Without delayed gratification, there is no perseverance.



There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.

There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.



I should’ve known the day was going to turn out bad when it started with my father trying to kill me

I should’ve known the day was going to turn out bad when it started with my father trying to kill me



At my first Masters, I got the feeling, that if I didn't play well, I wouldn't go to heaven.

At my first Masters, I got the feeling, that if I didn't play well, I wouldn't go to heaven.



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now that she realized she had been waiting for him—she did not like that.



No matter how much knowledge and wisdom you acquire during your life, not one jot will be passed on to your children by genetic means. Each new generation starts from scratch.

No matter how much knowledge and wisdom you acquire during your life, not one jot will be passed on to your children by genetic means. Each new generation starts from scratch.



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