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Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
The meaning of life is over comming death.
The meaning of life is over comming death.
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it.
The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, and the skillful direct it.
It appears I am destined for something; I will live.
It appears I am destined for something; I will live.
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change read more
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, read more
One should respect public opinion in so far as is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may read more
It's the opinion of some that crops could be grown on the moon; which raises the fear that it may not be long before we're paying somebody not to.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
