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The animal merely makes a bed, which he warms with his body in a sheltered place; but man, having discovered fire, boxes up some air in a spacious apa...more

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Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes.

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The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged m...more

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Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

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They who suspect a Mephistophiles, or sneering, satirical devil, under all, have not learned the secret of true humor, which sympathizes with gods the...more

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Knowledge does not come to us by details, but in flashes of light from heaven.