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četvrtak, 29.04.2010.
The average person thinks he isn't.
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle it out for himself or herself.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent it.
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
