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“Family love is the most powerful force in the world. It cannot be seen or measured yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment.”
“Every family should look upon every other family member with eyes of compassion.”
“The perfect is the enemy of the good”
“Prejudices are what fools use for reason.”
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”
“Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable.”
“Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe.”
“Let us cultivate our garden.”
“I have decided to be happy because it is good for my health.”
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.”
“Every person is guilty of all the good they did not do through lack of compassion”
“I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.”
“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do for peace.”
“Where there is no hope, it is incumbent on us to invent it.”
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing. It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong.”
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers”
“Judge a person by their questions rather than their answers for questions are born of wonder”
“It is forbidden to kill. Therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. Peace forbids this.”
“We must cultivate our garden.”
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.”
“The best is the enemy of the good. Accept the good and find peace.”
“The secret of being boring is to say everything”
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.”
“What makes us wise? Perhaps it is ignorance.”
“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.”
“Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.”
“Friendship is the marriage of souls and this marriage is subject to divorce”
“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do so do kindness now”
“If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.”
“Common sense is not so common.”
“Appreciation is a wonderful thing it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well”
“The best is the enemy of the good”
“The more I read the more I acquire the more certain I am that I know nothing.”
“Each player must accept the cards life deals him but once they are in hand he alone must decide how to play them”
“Perfect is the enemy of good”
“Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.”
“Without enthusiasm, virtue functions not at all.”
“Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do”
“Friendship is the marriage of the soul.”
“Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice, and need.”
“Judge a person by their questions rather than by their answers. Peaceful people ask better questions.”
“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
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