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" Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails. "

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" Man - a being in search of meaning. "

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" Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. "

" To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less. "

" It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn. "

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" When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. "

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" The curse of me and my nation is that we always think things can be bettered by immediate action of some sort, any sort rather than no sort. "

" Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. "

" Death is not the worst that can happen to men. "

" The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant. "

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" Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. "

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" For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. "

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" Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. "

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