Black is like a broken vessel, which is deprived of the capacity to contain anything.
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We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil.
The water which rises in the mountain is the blood which keeps the mountain in life.
L e t n o m a n w h o i s n o t a Mathematician read the elements of my work.
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A long life is a life well spent.
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Fire destroys all sophistry, that is deceit; and maintains truth alone, that is gold.
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Every action needs to be prompted by a motive. To know and to will are two operations of the human mind. Discerning, judging, deliberating are acts of the human mind.
He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.
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Constancy does not begin, but is that which perseveres.
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No one should ever imitate the style of another because, with regard to art, he will be called a nephew and not a child of nature.
