Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.

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Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all.

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Originality is a thing we constantly clamour for, and constantly quarrel with.

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Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith.

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A person who is gifted sees the essential point and leaves the rest as surplus.

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Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

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The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

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I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I am.

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Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

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