When people will not weed their own minds, they are apt to be overrun by nettles.
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I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - a solution of why Democritus laughed and Heraclitus wept.
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All quotes →Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel.
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We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.
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Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!
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By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.
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Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.
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