Ludwig Borne Quotes

#1. Only the suppressed word is dangerous.

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#2. Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.

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#3. If one age believes too much it is natural that another believes too little.

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#4. To be original you must listen to the voice of your heart rather than the clamor of the world - and have the courage to teach publicly what you have learned. The source of all genius is sincerity; men would be wiser if they were more moral.

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#5. The secret of power is the knowledge that others are more cowardly than you are.

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#6. Because I was born a slave, I love liberty more than you.

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#7. Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

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#8. Ministers fall like buttered slices of bread: usually on their good side.

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#9. The difference between Liberty and liberties is as great as God and gods.

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#10. Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

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#11. Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea.

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#12. If you must hate, if hatred is the leaven of your life, which alone can give flavor, then hate what should be hated: falsehood, violence, selfishness.

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#13. You are not loved when you are lovely, but when you are loved you are found to be lovely.

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#14. Nought endures but change.

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#15. Women are most adorable when they are afraid; that's why they frighten so easily.

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#16. The most dangerous person is the fearful; he is the most to be feared.

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#17. History teaches us virtue, but nature never ceases to teachh us vice.

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#18. Nothing is lasting but change; nothing perpetual but death.

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