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The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.
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When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.
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People find life entirely too time-consuming.
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Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.
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Many who had been ahead of their time, had to wait for her in very uncomfortable quarters.
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Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.
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You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.
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One has to multiply thoughts to the point where there aren't enough policemen to control them
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Those who put blinders on their eyes should remember that the set also includes bridle and a whip.
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Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.
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Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
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He who limps is still walking.
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Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.
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Each juggler should be trained in the ignorance of the laws of physics.
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There are parodies of non-existent things.
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A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.
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To whom should we marry Freedom, to make it multiply?
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Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries.
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Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.
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Believers believe in resurrection, atheists only in comebacks.
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Powerless rage can work miracles.
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Witches admitted their relations with the devil. Our blood boils - how could they be forced to admit this when there is no devil. But reason tells us this is not true. The devil does exist and was in fact the inquisitor.
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"Oh to be old again," said a young corpse.
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An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes.
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