At best, the renewal of broken relations is a nervous matter.

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Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Power when wielded by abnormal energy is the most serious of facts.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

Intimates are predestined.

Intimates are predestined.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

Susceptibility to the highest forces is the highest genius.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

In plain words, Chaos was the law of nature Order was the dream of man.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

We combat obstacles in order to get repose, and when got, the repose is insupportable.

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship...

Friends are born, not made.

Friends are born, not made.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuse himself by applying it, triumphantly,...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

Absolute liberty is absence of restraint; responsibility is restraint; therefore, the ideally free individual is...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has...

Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move

Doubt makes the mountain which faith can move

When you doubt, abstain.

When you doubt, abstain.

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve

Action will remove the doubt that theory cannot solve

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.

Intelligence is really a kind of taste: taste in ideas.