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You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I am, I write on the susceptible skins of living beings.

Catherine the Great

Toleration … is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

The oldest, shortest words — "yes" and "no" — are those which require the most thought.

The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.

Variant translation: It seems, in fact, as though the second half of a man's life is usually made up of nothing but the habits he has accumulated during the first half.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Delay always breeds danger; and to protract a great design is often to ruin it.

Miguel de Cervantes

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

If you want work well done, select a busy man‚ the other kind has no time.

The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.