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The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.
The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.
The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind.
The power of habit and the charm of novelty are the two adverse forces which explain the follies of mankind.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
Reality is wrong. Dreams are for real.
Evil witnesses are eyes and ears of men, if they have souls that do not understand their language.
Evil witnesses are eyes and ears of men, if they have souls that do not understand their language.
It seems that when we are oppressed by the knowledge of our worthlessness we do not see ourselves as lower read more
It seems that when we are oppressed by the knowledge of our worthlessness we do not see ourselves as lower than some and higher than others, but as lower than the lowest of mankind. We hate then the whole world, and we would pour our wrath upon the whole of creation.
Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.
Men who love wisdom should acquaint themselves with a great many particulars.
We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.
We often use strong language not to express a powerful emotion but to evoke it in us.
Who so regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind. [Ecclesiasti!4:2].
Who so regardeth dreams is like him that catcheth at a shadow, and followeth after the wind. [Ecclesiasti!4:2].
