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The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is read more
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
We live in the present, we dream of the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives.
We are accountable only to ourselves for what happens to us in our lives.
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
