Action is consolatory. It is the enemy of thought and the friend of flattering illusions.
Friendship
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All a man can betray is his conscience.
Education
Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.
Wisdom
You shall judge of a man by his foes as well as by his friends.
Friendship
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Wisdom
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
Life
Words, as is well known, are great foes of reality.
Wisdom
The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it too much.
Wisdom
The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlesness.
Friendship