Category: philosopher
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Why do I not seek some real good; one which I could feel, not one which I could display?
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.
Plato
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Under the Timber and Stone Act of 1878, which might well have been called the ‘Dust and Ashes Act,’ any citizen of the United States could take up one hundred and sixty acres of timber land and, by paying two dollars and a half an acre for it, obtain title.
John Muir
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There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.
Henry David Thoreau
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Whenever the speech is corrupted so is the mind.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars – when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.
Thomas Aquinas
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Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
John Ruskin
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Forward, as occasion offers. Never look round to see whether any shall note it… Be satisfied with success in even the smallest matter, and think that even such a result is no trifle.
Marcus Aurelius