“It is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true.”
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“The truth, indeed, is something that mankind, for some mysterious reason, instinctively dislikes.”
“The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.”
“Democracy always seems bent upon killing the thing it theoretically loves.”
“For a day can humble all human beings, and a day can lift them up.”
“Death is not the worst evil, but rather when we wish to die and cannot.”
“Courage, my daughter, courage; great still in heaven is Zeus, who sees and governs all.”
“When a man shrinks not from a deed, neither is he scared by a word.”
“Time alone shows a just man; but thou couldst discern a knave even in one day.”
“Wisdom is a curse when wisdom does nothing for the man who has it.”