"We learn nothing by being right."

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“The image of ourselves in the minds of others is the picture of a stranger we shall never see.”

“It is easier to be generous than to be just.”

“Death is part of this life and not of the next.”

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“Life more often teaches us how to perfect our weaknesses than how to develop our strengths.”

“Winter draws what summer paints.”

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— Leo Strauss

Philosophy1899–1973

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— John Barnes (author)

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— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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— Thomas Hardy

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