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Small: It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong
"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong"
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Small: It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barri
"It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge"
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Small: It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind
"It is lamentable, that to be a good patriot one must become the enemy of the rest of mankind"
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Small: Nature has always had more force than education
"Nature has always had more force than education"
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Small: My life is a struggle
"My life is a struggle"
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Small: I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom
"I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom"
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Small: How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his childs board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow
"How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted"
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Small: History should be written as philosophy
"History should be written as philosophy"
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Small: God gave us the gift of life it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well
"God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well"
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Small: Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent
"Froth at the top, dregs at bottom, but the middle excellent"
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Small: Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce
"Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce"
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Small: I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil
"I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil"
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Small: I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted
"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it"
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Small: I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are b
"I have lived eighty years of life and know nothing for it, but to be resigned and tell myself that flies are born to be eaten by spiders and man to be devoured by sorrow"
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Small: I hate women because they always know where things are
"I hate women because they always know where things are"
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Small: The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the oth
"The art of government is to make two-thirds of a nation pay all it possibly can pay for the benefit of the other third"
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Small: The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil
"The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil"
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Small: The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to
"The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in"
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Small: Tears are the silent language of grief
"Tears are the silent language of grief"
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Small: Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters
"Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth"
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Small: The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of c
"The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast; but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it"
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Small: The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate
"The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all"
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Small: Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification,
"Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity"
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Small: Man is free at the moment he wishes to be
"Man is free at the moment he wishes to be"
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Small: Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination
"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination"
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Small: It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love
"It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love"
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Small: It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God
"It is not known precisely where angels dwell whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode"
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Small: Society therefore is an ancient as the world
"Society therefore is an ancient as the world"
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Small: Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die
"Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die"
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Small: Perfection is attained by slow degrees it requires the hand of time
"Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time"
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Small: No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible
"No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible"
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