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Quote by William James
The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain c

The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments. – William James

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How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure. – William James

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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. – Aristotle

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The little may contrast with the great, in painting, but cannot be said to be contrary to it. Oppositions of colors contrast but there are also colors contrary to each other, that is, which produce an ill effect because they shock the eye when brought very near it. – Voltaire

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Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. – Samuel Johnson

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There is something great and terrible about suicide. – Honore de Balzac

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