A man of genius makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery. Ulysses
All things that God would have us do are hard for us to do--remember that--and hence, he oftener commands us than endeavours to persuade. Moby Dick
The most decisive actions of our life -- I mean those that are most likely to decide the whole course of our future -- are, more often than not, unconsidered. Like a train into which one jumps without thinking, and without asking oneself where it is going. The Counterfeiters
If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others? Candide
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