Wit as an instrument of revenge is as infamous as art is as a means of sensual titillation.
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Versatility of education can be found in our best poetry, but the depth of mankind should be found in the philosopher.
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Religion is absolutely unfathomable. Always and everywhere one can dig more deeply into infinities.
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Nothing truly convincing - which would possess thoroughness, vigor, and skill - has been written against the ancients as yet; especially not against their poetry.
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Every good man progressively becomes God. To become God, to be man, and to educate oneself, are expressions that are synonymous.
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All the classical genres are now ridiculous in their rigorous purity.
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