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en Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

en As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. He wasn't trying to impress her; his genuine, pe𝑥y essence captivated her.
  Lord Chesterfield

en Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed
  John Locke

en The greatest genius is never so great as when it is chastised and subdued by the highest reason.

en This law intrudes deeply into political life. It goes too far,

en It's become our life. When we talk, it's always about work. ... We do have our own personalities and interests. But career-wise, we always wanted to do it together.

en Microsoft's reason for establishing WISE, and its reason for hobbling WISE, was to destroy competition for its monopoly,

en To fear death, my friends, is only to think ourselves wise, without being wise: for it is to think that we know what we do not know. For anything that men can tell, death may be the greatest good that can happen to them: but they fear it as if they knew quite well that it was the greatest of evils. And what is this but that shameful ignorance of thinking that we know what we do not know?
  Socrates

en The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
  Joseph Addison

en Reason has seldom failed us because it has seldom been tried.
  Edward Abbey

en If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else.

en The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
  Marcus Aurelius

en The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

en It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living.

en The greatest minds, as they are capable of the highest excellencies, are open likewise to the greatest aberrations
  Rene Descartes


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