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What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.

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We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Alone Deep One Liner Proud Rare
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Allow Control Criticize Want
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Believe Hope Illusion Optimism Positive
Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Adsured Person Uncertain
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Book People Quantity Reading Stupidity Vulgar
Minds differ still more than faces.
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Deep Face Mask Mind One Liner
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Book Deep Greatness Healing Men Play
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Enemy God Grant Humour Prayer Ridiculous
The more I read, the more I acquire, the more certain I am that I know nothing.
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Acquire Book Education Knowledge Reading
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant
It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Born Nature Resurrection Surprise
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
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Believe Commitment Injustice Religion
I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life.
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Kill Life Love Self Love Time Want
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Lion Myself Obey Rat Species Strong
It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.
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Chain Fools Freedom Insult One Liner Respect
When a man is in love, jealous, and just whipped by the Inquisition, he is no longer himself.
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Himself Jealousy Love Man Suffering

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