The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.
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Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.
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The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
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God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.
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A man who is 'of sound mind' is one who keeps the inner madman under lock and key.