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To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
To the fool, he who speaks wisdom will sound foolish.
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
The hardest part of gaining any new idea is sweeping out the false idea occupying that niche.
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.
Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured.
There is an accumulative cruelty in a number of men, though none in particular are ill-natured.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.
From the saintly and single-minded idealist to the fanatic is often but a step.
