Devout believers are safeguarded in a high degree against the risk of certain neurotic illnesses; their acceptance of the universal neurosis spares them the task of constructing a personal one.

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An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

Silence is the wit of fools.

Silence is the wit of fools.

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

We reproach people for talking about themselves; but it is the subject they treat best.

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his...

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not wish to sign his...

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan,...

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value...

Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value...

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven...

What can be more foolish than to think that all this rare fabric of heaven...

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

I thank fate for having made me born poor. Poverty taught me the true value...

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind...

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind...

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind...

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, no one...

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

We reproach people for talking about themselves but it is the subject they treat best

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man...

The wonder is, not that the field of stars is so vast, but that man...

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

What frightens us most in a madman is his sane conversation.

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,...

The poor have to labour in the face of the majestic equality of the law,...