"But just disease to luxury succeeds, And ev'ry death its own avenger breeds."

-- Alexander Pope

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“In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.”
“Doing something stupid once is just plain stupid. Doing something stupid twice is a philosophy.”
“The truth is always an abyss. One must â€” as in a swimming pool â€” dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again â€” laughing and fighting for breath â€” to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.”
“I have put [the word] "discoveries" in inverted commas because scientific results, perhaps as much at least as artistic achievements, are a product of contemporary taste, driven by momentary appetites rather than eternal verities.”
“Knowing reality means constructing systems of transformations that correspond, more or less adequately, to reality.”
“A negative mind will never give you a positive life.”
“A fair bargain leaves both sides unhappy.”
“I am not here to parade my religious sentiments, but I declare I have too much respect for the faith in which I was born to ever use it as the basis of a political organization”

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