Even the pluckiest among us has but seldom the courage of what he really knows.
3
Aristotle says that in order to live alone, a man must be either an animal or a god. The third alternative is lacking: a man must be both—a philosopher.
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“All truth is simple.”—Is not this a double lie?
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Once for all I wish to be blind to many things.—Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.
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A man recovers best from his exceptional nature—his intellectuality—by giving his animal instincts a chance.