“It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.”
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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it.
Tears are the silent language of grief.
The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.
The best government is a benevolent tyranny tempered by an occasional assassination.
