Quotes 181 till 186 of 186.
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All the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
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Belladonna, n.: In Italian a beautiful lady; in English a deadly poison. A striking example of the essential identity of the two tongues.
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Doubt is not a pleasant mental state, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he is burdened with his own sorrow, and groans on seeing another's happiness.
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Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
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The poison of skepticism becomes, like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and some other diseases, much more virulent in a hitherto virgin soil.
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