Civilizations can only be understood by those who are civilized.
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No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.
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The total absence of humor from the Bible is one of the most singular things in all literature.
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But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.
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True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.
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Ideas won't keep; something must be done about them.
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If a dog jumps into your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
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Fundamental progress has to do with the reinterpretation of basic ideas.
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Human life is driven forward by its dim apprehension of notions too general for its existing language.