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Our works are the mirror wherein the spirit first sees its natural lineaments, Hence, too, the folly of that impossible precept, Know thyself; till it be translated into this partially possible one, know what thou canst work at.
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Out of sight, out of mind. The absent are always in the wrong.
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Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel safe: Only in reverently bowing down before the higher does a person feel exalted.
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Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.
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Peace and happiness are what you covet, but these are only to be obtained by labor.
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Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something that one finds. It is something one creates.
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People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.
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People who relieve others of their money with guns are called robbers. It does not alter the immorality of the act when the income transfer is carried out by government.
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Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.
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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacle s, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
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Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.
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Permit no hour to go by without it due improvement.
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Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.
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Pin your faith to no ones sleeves, haven't you two eyes of your own.
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Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.
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Politeness has well been defined as benevolence in small things.
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Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?
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Politics are such a torment that I would advise every one I love not to mix with them.
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