Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.

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Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in...

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.

Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

Nobody knows enough, but many know too much.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the...

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the...

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to...

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to...

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the...

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the...