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“The world is seldom what it seems to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.”

Samuel Johnson · Dreams

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Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

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Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.

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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

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