Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.
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Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.
Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.
Love blinds us to faults, but hatred blinds us to virtues.
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You are at enmity with yourself.
You are at enmity with yourself.
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Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away.
