“ Love, as it exists in society, is nothing but the exchange of two fantasies and the contact of two skins. ”
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“ An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living. ”
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“ It is a common saying that the most beautiful woman in the world can only give what she has. This is entirely false. She gives exactly what the recipient thinks he has received; for imagination fixes the value of this sort of favour. ”
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“ If you would estimate the extent of a woman's pride in youth, see how much remains even after she has passed the age of pleasing. ”
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“ Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. ”
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“ All passions exaggerate; it is because they do that they are passions. ”
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“ Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. ”
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“ Education must have two foundations - morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists. ”
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“ Swallow a toad in the morning and you will encounter nothing more disgusting the rest of the day. ”
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“ An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living. ”
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“ Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. ”
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“ An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living. ”
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“ Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. ”
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“ The things you know best are: first, those you know intuitively; second, those you've learned from experience; third, those you've learned not from but through books and the ideas they've inspired in you; and finally, those you've learned in books and from your teachers. ”
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“ All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. ”
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“ An economist is a surgeon with an excellent scalpel and a rough-edged lancet, who operates beautifully on the dead and tortures the living. ”
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“ All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. ”
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“ Education must have two foundations - morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists. ”
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“ All passions exaggerate; and they are passions only because they do exaggerate. ”
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“ All passions exaggerate; it is because they do that they are passions. ”
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