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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

Lucretius

It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
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Anand Thakur
The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
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Anand Thakur
Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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Anand Thakur
Death is nothing to us, it matters not one jot, since the nature of the mind is understood to be mortal.
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Anand Thakur
Nothing comes from nothing.
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Empty One Liner
Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.
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Fake Fight Judgement Reason Yourself
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
LUCRETIUS

Anand Thakur
Why dost thou not retire like a guest sated with the banquet of life, and with calm mind embrace, thou fool, a rest that knows no care?
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Anand Thakur
Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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Live Man Past Scene
To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
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Anand Thakur
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.
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Anand Thakur
Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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Heaven Level Victory
All things obey fixed laws.
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Fix Law Obedience One Liner
We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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Anand Thakur
No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
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Action Difficult Task Willing Yourself

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