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The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

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The stability of the whole is guaranteed by the instability of its parts.

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Absence of proof is not proof of absence.

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With enough courage, you can do without a reputation.

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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this shop might as well be closed for any other business.

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Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.

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Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.

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I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

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I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

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Spend and be spent.

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