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Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself
The visible order of the universe proclaims a supreme intelligence.
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
The world is woman's book. [Fr., Le monde est le livre des femmes.]
I believe, I desire, that social and economic ills may be remedied.
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
Any participation, even in the smallest public function, is useful.
There is no doubt; even a rejection can be the shadow of a caress”.
Peace is a certain resistance to the terrible satisfactions of war.
I must say, I feel the reception of my work is none of my business.
Perhaps the promise of phallus is always dissatisfying in some way.
Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
When the train of history hits a curve, the intellectuals fall off.
Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.
The weapon of criticism can never replace the criticism of weapons.
Life is not determined by consciousness, but consciousness by life.
What really makes science grow is new ideas, including false ideas.
All we can do is search for the falsity content in our best theory.
A theory is just a mathematical model to describe the observations.
Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.
The best way to manage anything is by making use of its own nature.
Without desire there is stillness, and the world settles by itself.
Those who know are wise. Those who know themselves are enlightened.
The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance.
Heaven and Earth are not kind. They regard all things as offerings.
The Way to Heaven has no favorites. It is always with the good man.
Intelligent people know others. Enlightened people know themselves.
The one who does not stray away from her/his nature will live long.
When leading people and serving Heaven, nothing exceeds moderation.
In the Universe the difficult things are done as if they were easy.
The fundamental law of the market is: the customer is always right.
This is how philosophers should salute each other: ‘Take your time.
Language is a part of our organism and no less complicated than it.
The world of the happy is quite different from that of the unhappy.
The sole remaining task for philosophy is the analysis of language.
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth.
Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
To stumble twice against the same stone, is a proverbsial disgrace.
No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year.
The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.
For surely to be wise is the most desirable thing in all the world.
No phase of life, whether public or private, can be free from duty.
Care must be taken that the punishment does not exceed the offence.
The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.
No one dies too soon who has finished the course of perfect virtue.
Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]