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Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.

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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Greatness Truth
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Acceptance Blessing Generosity
The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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Evil People Strength Suffering
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed.
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Destroy Equality Evil Goodness Himself Oneself World
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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Belief Desire End Evil God Hate Ignorance Knowledge Man Religious
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
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Better Death Guilty Oneself Person Satisfaction
Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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One Liner Truth
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Doctor Food
Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil. With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good.
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Equality Evil Goodness Man Philosophy See View World
The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
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Easy Live Necessary
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Charity Help Himself Man
He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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Alive Dog Himself Live Understand
Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Difficult Imagination Problem Understand
Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because. The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.
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Change Comfortable Experience Feeling Gratitude Happiness Help Worst
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Book Evidence Lie Writing

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