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I never predict anything, and I never will.

Bronze in the mirror of the form, wine of the mind.

No law of nature, however general, has been established all at once; its recognition has always been preceded by many presentiments.

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination.

If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.

A god whose creation is so imperfect that he must be continually adjusting it to make it work properly seems to me a god of relatively low order, hardly worthy of any worship.

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.

Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

War has always been the grand sagacity of every spirit which has grown too inward and too profound; its curative power lies even in the wounds one receives.