"Neither in the arts, nor in logic, nor in life should an idea by in any way treated as a thing."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

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— Thomas Traherne

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— Hamid Karzai

Politics1957

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— Jimmy Smits

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