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Chateaubriand:Genius creates, and taste

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Genius creates, and taste preserves. Taste is the good sense of genius; without taste, genius is only sublime folly.
by Chateaubriand


Bhagavad Gita:Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion

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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.
by Bhagavad Gita


Horace:Nothing is too high for the daring of

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Nothing is too high for the daring of mortals: we storm heaven itself in our folly.
by Horace


Herbert Spencer:The ultimate result of shielding

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The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools.
by Herbert Spencer


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