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Dog bark at what they don’t understand.
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Bark Dog Insult Stupidity Understand
The awake share a common world, but the asleep turn aside into private worlds.
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Awake Deep Private Share Sleep World
Realize that war is common and justice is strife, and that all things come into being and pass away through strife.
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Justice Realize War
Opposition brings concord. Out of discord comes the fairest harmony.
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Competitor Control Discord Harmony Politics
It is hard to contend against one’s heart’s desire; for whatever it wishes to have it buys at the cost of soul.
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Buy Cost Desire Hard Heart Soul
Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become.
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Action Change Choice Fashion Person Personality
Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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Claim Defend Opinion Reputation Understand
What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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God Immortal Men
All things come out of the one, and the one out of all things.
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Inspirational Life
Allow yourself to think only those thoughts that match your principles and can bear the bright light of day.
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Bright Inspirational Light Principle Thinking
People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the citys walls.
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City Defend Fight Freedom People Philosophy Wall Wisdom
A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
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Connection Hide Life Relationship
Even a soul submerged in sleep is hard at work and helps make something of the world.
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Help Philosophy Sleep Soul Work Hard World
Good character is not formed in a week or a month. It is created little by little, day by day. Protracted and patient effort is needed to develop good character.
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Character Creation Life Patient
It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion.
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Emotion Fight Life Pleasure
Bigotry is the sacred disease.
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Disease One Liner Scare

All are one.

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