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• Since it is Reason which shapes and regulates all other things, it ought not itself to be left in disorder.
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• The miracle is not to fly in the air, or to walk on the water, but to walk on the earth.
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• A peasant always hangs himself in his landlord's doorway. -- Chinese proverb
• A wise man's question contains half the answer. -- Solomon Ibn Gabirol