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A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail. Han Fei
Wise Man Wise Man Book Argument Every Sets Ruler Detail Laws Sees Writes He Clearly Makes Contingency His Provided Forth Fully Enlightened
A ruler of men faces two possible misfortunes: if he employs the worthy, the ministers will use worthiness as a pretext to rob their ruler of his power, but if he promotes men recklessly, his affairs will be neglected, and he will not prevail. Han Fei
Prevail Will Men Power Neglected Recklessly Ruler Possible Worthiness Worthy Ministers Pretext Faces Misfortunes He Rob Employs Affairs His Use Two
Some other faculty than the intellect is necessary for the apprehension of reality. Henri Bergson
Reality Other Apprehension Some Faculty Intellect Than Necessary
The only cure for vanity is laughter, and the only fault that is laughable is vanity. Henri Bergson
Fault Laughter Laughable Vanity Only Cure
Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools. Henri Bergson
Intelligence Tools Objects Faculty Make Making Artificial
Genius is that which forces the inertia of humanity to learn. Henri Bergson
Humanity Genius Learn Forces Inertia Which
In health there is freedom. Health is the first of all liberties. Henri Frederic Amiel
Health Freedom First Liberties First Of All
The best path through life is the highway. Henri Frederic Amiel
Life Best Path Through Highway
Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. Henri Frederic Amiel
Hope Uncertainty Refuge
It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is. Henri Frederic Amiel
Man Worth Had He Does Which Even Expresses
Every life is a profession of faith, and exercises an inevitable and silent influence. Henri Frederic Amiel
Life Faith Life Is A Inevitable Every Silent Exercises Influence Profession
In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past - a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared. Henri Frederic Amiel
Woman Guardian Affection Past Every Some Object Disappeared Pious Which Loving
To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching. To attain it we must be able to guess what will interest; we must learn to read the childish soul as we might a piece of music. Then, by simply changing the key, we keep up the attraction and vary the song. Henri Frederic Amiel
Music Art Great Soul Song Key Will Childish Great Art Changing Guess Must Able Vary Attain Simply Know Piece Attraction Learn Read How Up Interest Might Then Teaching Keep Suggest
Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority. Henri Frederic Amiel
Life Art Moral Authority Be True Eloquence Secret Virtue Moral Highest True Authority Maxim The Secret Of Us Let Us
You could not step twice into the same rivers; for other waters are ever flowing on to you. Heraclitus
You Other Waters Could Rivers Step Same Twice Ever Flowing
I am what libraries and librarians have made me, with little assistance from a professor of Greek and poets. Heraclitus
Me Made Libraries Poets Am Greek Little Professor Assistance
Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity. Herbert Spencer
Progress Indefinite Definite Civilization Toward Incoherent Homogeneity Coherent
The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship. Herbert Spencer
Relationship Behavior Men Animals Other Constant Bear Lower Each
People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. Herbert Spencer
Life Success Good Animal People First Beginning See Requisite
An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. Herbert Spencer
Nature Property Argument Our Fact Communist Theory Elements Suggested Desire Fatal
In every generation, there are quite firm rules on how to behave when you are crazy. Ian Hacking
Crazy You Generation Every Rules Firm How Behave Quite
As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding of excess or usurpers. Ian Hacking
Constitution Better Political Revolution Sense Only Could Excess True Return Metaphor Times Mean
All thought must, directly or indirectly, by way of certain characters, relate ultimately to intuitions, and therefore, with us, to sensibility, because in no other way can an object be given to us. Immanuel Kant
Thought Other Relate Way Characters Must Object Given Directly Indirectly Because Ultimately Sensibility Us Certain Therefore
To understand is to perceive patterns. Isaiah Berlin
Perceive Understand Patterns
The first people totalitarians destroy or silence are men of ideas and free minds. Isaiah Berlin
Silence People Men Free First Minds Destroy Ideas First People
Sentences are not as such either true or false. J. L. Austin
True False Either Sentences
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