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Gottfried Leibniz Quotes: The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need.
         

The knowledge which we have acquired ought not to resemble a great shop without order, and without an inventory; we ought to know what we possess, and be able to make it serve us in need.


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The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.

The greatness of a life can only be estimated by the multitude of its actions. We should not count the years, it is our actions which constitute our life.



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Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.



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Imaginary numbers are a fine and wonderful refuge of the divine spirit almost an amphibian between being and non-being.



We may say, that not only the soul (the mirror of an indestructible universe) is indestructible, but also the animal itself is, although its mechanism is frequently destroyed in parts.

We may say, that not only the soul (the mirror of an indestructible universe) is indestructible, but also the animal itself is, although its mechanism is frequently destroyed in parts.



The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.

The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.





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