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"As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities."
Voltaire on Evil
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"Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Fear
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"Do the thing we fear, and the death of fear is certain."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Fear
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"So far as a person thinks; they are free."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Freedom
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"A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him, I may think aloud."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Friends and Friendship
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"The only way to have a friend is to be one."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Friends and Friendship
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"The chief mourner does not always attend the funeral."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Funerals
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"We aim above the mark to hit the mark."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Goals
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"The less government we have the better."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Government
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"To fill the hour -- that is happiness."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Happiness
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"A great man stands on God. A small man on a great man."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Greatness
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"You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Kindness
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"There is always a best way of doing everything."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Excellence
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"All diseases run into one. Old age."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Disease
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"Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Difficulties
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"Do well and you will have no need for ancestors."
Voltaire on Ancestry
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"It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong."
Voltaire on Government
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"Shun idleness is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals."
Voltaire on Idleness
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"A long dispute means that both parties are wrong"
Voltaire on Argument
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"The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease."
Voltaire on Medicine
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"When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion."
Voltaire on Money
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"Prejudices are what fools use for reason."
Voltaire on Prejudice
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"No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking."
Voltaire on Problems
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"The punishment of criminals should serve a purpose. When a man is hanged he is useless."
Voltaire on Punishment
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"The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself."
Voltaire on Surprises
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"Common sense is not so common."
Voltaire on Common Sense
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"When it is dark enough, you can see the stars."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Difficulties
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"It is not length of life, but depth of life."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Life and Living
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"We boil at different degrees."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Anger
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"No man can help another without helping himself."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Service
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"Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Silence
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"Sorrow makes us children again."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Sorrow
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"Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Talent
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"The man who can make hard things easy is the educator."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Teachers and Teaching
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"Our strength grows out of our weakness."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Weakness
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"Without a rich heart, wealth is an ugly beggar."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Wealth
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"Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo on Common Sense
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