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The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul read more
The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.
The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack read more
The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from read more
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all.
There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than read more
There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far read more
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for read more
The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.
The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in read more
The measure of a man's success must be according to his ability. The advancement he makes from the station in which he was born gives the degree of his success.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.
