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I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have
I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do
Human subtelty will never devise an invention more beautiful, more simple or more direct than does Nature, because in her inventions, nothing is lacking and nothing is superfluous
He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast
Experience does not err. Only your judgments err by expecting from her what is not in her power
Common sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses
Any one who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory. Good culture is born of a good disposition; and since the cause is more to be praised than the effect, I will rather praise a good disposition without culture, than good culture without the disposition
Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason
Life well spent is long
As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so life well used brings happy death
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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