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Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man.

Nietzsche was stupid and abnormal.

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Not being beautiful was the true blessing. Not being beautiful forced me to develop my inner resources. The pretty girl has a handicap to overcome.

Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence.

Even if there is only one possible unified theory, it is just a set of rules and equations. What is it that breathes fire into the equations and makes a universe for them to describe?

For a war to be just three conditions are necessary – public authority, just cause, right motive.

Do the best you can in every task, no matter how unimportant it may seem at the time. No one learns more about a problem than the person at the bottom.

Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.