“We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.”
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The noble simplicity in the works of nature only too often originates in the noble shortsightedness of him who observes it.
Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams.
The pleasures of the imagination are as it were only drawings and models which are played with by poor people who cannot afford the real thing.
Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven.
