I doubt if a single individual could be found from the whole of mankind free from some form of insanity. The only difference is one of degree. A man who sees a gourd and takes it for his wife is…

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What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only...

What difference is there, do you think, between those in Plato's cave who can only...

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

A good portion of speaking will consist in knowing how to lie.

In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.

In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king.

Humility is truth.

Humility is truth.

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do...

They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do...

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown,...

Luther was guilty of two great crimes - he struck the Pope in his crown,...

The desire to write grows with writing.

The desire to write grows with writing.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

Don't give your advice before you are called upon.

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others...

Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the...

Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the...

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

No one respects a talent that is concealed.

Prevention is better than cure.

Prevention is better than cure.

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade.

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

When I get a little money I buy books; and if any is left I...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

The nearer people approach old age the closer they return to a semblance of childhood,...

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from...

What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

If you keep thinking about what you want to do or what you hope will...

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another.

Fortune favors the audacious.

Fortune favors the audacious.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.

Great eagerness in the pursuit of wealth, pleasure, or honor, cannot exist without sin.