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I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.
A truth that's told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent.
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers.
Better murder an infant in its cradle than nurse an unacted desire.
Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.
Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief?