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Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
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Living well is the best revenge.
Woe be to him that reads but one book.
He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.
Go not for every grief to the physician, nor for every quarrel to the lawyer, nor for every thirst to the pot.
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
Sometimes the best gain is to lose.
There would be no great men if there were no little ones.
The best mirror is an old friend.
He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.
Love and a cough cannot be hid.
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The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples' money.
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.
An awful lot of successful technology companies ended up being in a slightly different market than they started out in.
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime.
Our government is founded upon the intelligence of the people. I for one do not despair of the republic. I have great confidence in the virtue of the great majority of the people, and I cannot fear the result.
You know when something feels so good but you're afraid to feel good about it? So you kinda hold back? Everyone says, Congratulations, you must be so happy. And you say something stupid like, I'm just doing what little I can with what little I have.
If you can make people understand why freedom is so important through the arts, that would be a big help.
Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.
Religion is a search for transcendence. But transcendence isn't necessarily sited in an external god, which can be a very unspiritual, unreligious concept.
Do not ever say that the desire to 'do good' by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.
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