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I never know whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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The five senses are horse sense, innocence, common sense, concupiscence, and nonsense. – Source Unknown

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I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether. – Socrates

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The senses do not deceive us, but the judgment does. – Johann von Goethe

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Taste is only to be educated by contemplation, not of the tolerably good but of the truly excellent. I therefore show you only the best works; and when you are grounded in these, you will have a standard for the rest, which you will know how to value, without overrating them. – Johann von Goethe

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