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Philosophy abounds more than philosophers, and learning more than learned men.


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Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies.

Man often acquires just so much knowledge as to discover his ignorance, and attains so much experience as to regret his follies, and then dies.



There is such a delusion as evinces itself in cool vehemence; and it is the most dangerous of all expressions of fanaticism.

There is such a delusion as evinces itself in cool vehemence; and it is the most dangerous of all expressions of fanaticism.



Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a nearer approach.

Time sheds a softness on remote objects or events, as local distance imparts to the landscape a smoothness and mellowness which disappear on a nearer approach.



The effusions of genius are entitled to admiration rather than applause, as they are chiefly the effect of natural endowment, and sometimes appear to be almost involuntary.

The effusions of genius are entitled to admiration rather than applause, as they are chiefly the effect of natural endowment, and sometimes appear to be almost involuntary.



Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.

Scandal is the sport of its authors, the dread of fools, and the contempt of the wise.



The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible growth of a tree.

The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible growth of a tree.



Great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains.

Great books, like large skulls, have often the least brains.



The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have the ascendency, and wealth is not the standard of estimation.

The Chinese, whom it might be well to disparage less and imitate more, seem almost the only people among whom learning and merit have the ascendency, and wealth is not the standard of estimation.



Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each other.

Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each other.



Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles.

Topics of conversation among the multitude are generally persons, sometimes things, scarcely ever principles.





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Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.

Every problem has a solution, although it may not be the outcome that was originally hoped for or expected.



The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain humble. Boastful ones, not so much.

The best writers I've read possess oodles of self-doubt, yet claw their way up with each work and remain humble. Boastful ones, not so much.



I don't strive to be a perfect being. I only push to put in my best in everything that I do. I refuse to let any of my abilities to go unused.

I don't strive to be a perfect being. I only push to put in my best in everything that I do. I refuse to let any of my abilities to go unused.



I never think about how other people will respond to the way I dress.

I never think about how other people will respond to the way I dress.



People started coining the phrase, 'Bubba Golf,' whatever you want to call it, which I like. 'Bubba Golf' is going to be fun. I mean, why do what everybody else does? That's boring.

People started coining the phrase, 'Bubba Golf,' whatever you want to call it, which I like. 'Bubba Golf' is going to be fun. I mean, why do what everybody else does? That's boring.




If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem.

If the Emancipation Proclamation was authentic, you wouldn't have a race problem.



A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.

A little of everything and nothing thoroughly, after the French fashion.



It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.

It is not wise to find symbols in everything that one sees. It makes life too full of terrors.



I enjoy being at a meeting that doesn't start with an invocation!

I enjoy being at a meeting that doesn't start with an invocation!




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