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| I persist on praising not the life I lead, but that which I ought to lead. I follow it at a mighty distance, crawling | | Uncategorized | |
| I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good | | Uncategorized | |
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| I think to myself how many exercise their bodies, how few their minds | | Uncategorized | |
| I truly enjoy no more of the world's good things than what I willingly distribute to the needy | | Uncategorized | |
| I will govern my life and thoughts as if the whole world were to see the one and read the other, for what does it signify to make anything a secret to my neighbor, when to God, who is the searcher of our hearts, all our privacies are open? | | Uncategorized | |
| I've been mixing with humanity today and feel the less humane in consequence | | Uncategorized | |
| If a man does not know what port he is steering for, no wind is favorable to him | | Uncategorized | |
| If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. | | Uncategorized | |
| If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. | | Uncategorized | |
| If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh | | Sensuality | |
| If there is any good in philosophy, it is this: that it never looks into pedigrees. | | Uncategorized | |
| If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail. | | Uncategorized | |
| If thou live according to nature, thou wilt never be poor; if according to the opinions of the world, thou wilt never be rich. | | Uncategorized | |
| If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living. | | Fear; Life; Living | |
| If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift | | Wisdom | |
| If you are wise, You will mingle one thing with the other- Not hoping without doubt; Not doubting without hope | | Uncategorized | |
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| If you live according to the dictates of nature, you will never be poor; if according to the notions of man, you will never be rich. | | Uncategorized | |
| If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command. | | Uncategorized | |
