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Such crimes has superstition caused.

Lucretius

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions… How many evils has religion caused?
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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
In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Bodies, again, Are partly primal germs of things, and partly Unions deriving from the primal germs.
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Body Germ
It is doubtful what fortune to-morrow will bring.
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Anand Thakur
We plainly perceive that the mind strengthens and decays with the body.
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Body Decay Mindset Strength
O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
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Anand Thakur
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Action Evil Religion
Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.
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Anand Thakur
These the senses we trust, first, last, and always.
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Anand Thakur
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
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Anand Thakur
Tis pleasant to stand on shore and watch others labouring in a stormy sea.
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Anand Thakur
If the matter of death is reduced to sleep and rest, what can there be so bitter in it, that any one should pine in eternal grief for the decease of a friend?
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Anand Thakur
True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.
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Mindset Pity Power True Universe
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
Nothing comes from nothing.
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