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 | "Books come at my call and return when I desire them; they are never
out of humor and they answer all my questions with readiness. Some present
in review before me the events of past ages; others reveal to me the
secrets of Nature. These teach me how to live, and those how to die; these
dispel my melancholy by their mirth, and amuse me by their sallies of wit.
Some there are who prepare my soul to suffer everything, to desire
nothing, and to become thoroughly acquainted with itself. In a word, they
open the door to all the arts and sciences." | |
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Found in the topic Humor.
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| "Who naught suspects is easily deceived." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires." | |
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Found in the topic Desire.
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| "Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure." | |
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Found in the topic Variety.
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| "How fortune brings to earth the oversure!" | |
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Found in the topic Fate.
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| "Who overrefines his argument brings himself to grief." | |
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Found in the topic Argument.
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| "Five great enemies to peace inhabit with us: viz., avarice,
ambition, envy, anger and pride. If those enemies were to be banished, we
should infallibly enjoy perpetual peace." | |
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Found in the topic Endure.
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