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The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.

The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.

The fox has many tricks. The hedgehog has but one. But that is the best of all.

I am, as I am; whether hideous, or handsome, depends upon who is made judge.

A subtle thought that is in error may yet give rise to fruitful inquiry that can establish truths of great value.

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one.

The principal axiom in their theory was: Everything can be proved, and everything can be disproved; and in the process, one must profit as much from the folly of others, and from his own superiority, as he can.

The establishment of a law, moreover, does not take place when the first thought of it takes form, or even when its significance is recognised, but only when it has been confirmed by the results of the experiment.

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.

But death’s acquisitive instincts will win.