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Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.

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A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Common Existence Life Love Need Oneself
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
One can not understand language because language cannot understand itself; does not want to understand.
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Language Oneself Understand
Play is experimenting with chance.
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Chance Experiment One Liner Play
Life is the beginning of death. Life is for the sake of death. Death is at once the end and the beginning—at once separation and closer union of the self. Through death the reduction is complete.
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Beginning Close Complete Death Life Reduction Unity
In a work of art, chaos must shimmer through the veil of order.
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Art Chaos Discipline Order Work
The history of every individual man should be a Bible.
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History Man Religious
The artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Artist Human Stand Statue
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search
One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn’t merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.
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Block Feeling Oneself Shadow Sun
We are near awakening when we dream that we dream.
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Awakening Deep Dreams
Nature is a petrified magic city.
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City Magic Nature One Liner Perspective
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap
Character is a wish for a perfect education.
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Character Desire Education One Liner Perfection

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