1. “It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion.”
2. “Silence is the wit of fools.”
3. “The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.”
4. “It is well for the heart to be naive and mind not to be.”
5. “A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.”
6. “Without lies humanity would perish of despair and boredom.”
7. “Ignorance and error are necessary to life, like bread and water.”
8. “That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.”
9. “It is only the poor who pay cash, and that not from virtue, but because they are refused credit.”
10. “The greatest virtue of man is perhaps curiosity.”
11. “To imagine is everything, to know is nothing at all.”
12. “Existence would be intolerable if we were never to dream.”
13. “An education which does not cultivate the will is an education that depraves the mind.”
14. “If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.”
15. “History books that contain no lies are extremely dull.”
16. “The truth is that life is delicious, horrible, charming, frightful, sweet, bitter, and that is everything.”
17. “It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.”
18. “If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.”
19. “To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
20. “The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.”
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