"We always lose the friendship of those who lose our esteem."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

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

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

“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.”

Resonant Thoughts

"Mr Pollexfen was at one and the same time right and wrong—a condition much more common than is generally supposed."

— Rafael Sabatini

Literature1875–1950

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"I groaned with horror, doubting whether I was not out of my senses; but the Stranger continued: "Surely you must now see that my explanation, and no other, suits the phenomena. What you call Solid thi…"

— Edwin Abbott Abbott

Religion1838–1926

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"German erudition of his time he held in little esteem. “They go to work like galley slaves,” was his charge. “They do not write on a theme because inspired; but the theme comes first, and with assiduo…"

— Oscar Levy

Medicine1867–1946

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"The first man put at the helm will be a good one. No body knows what sort may come afterwards. The Executive will be always increasing here, as elsewhere, till it ends in a Monarchy."

— Benjamin Franklin

Politics1812–1878

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