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The more a man knows, the less he talks.

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I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Enemy God Grant Humour Prayer Ridiculous
It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Born Nature Resurrection Surprise
There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.
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Change Men One Liner Situation Time Truth
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Lion Myself Obey Rat Species Strong
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Deep Intelligence Judgement One Liner Stupidity
Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Confidence Destroy Friendship Heart Sex Vanish
Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Awareness Consciousness Infinity Knowledge Meditation
Minds differ still more than faces.
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Deep Face Mask Mind One Liner
It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge.
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Human Ignorance Knowledge Spirit Virgin Virtue
When it is a question of money, everybody is of the same religion.
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Funny Human Nature Humour Money Religion
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Amuse Art Disease Medicine Nature Patient
Uncertainty is an uncomfortable position. But certainty is an absurd one.
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Adsured Person Uncertain
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Acceptance Alone Decide Game Life Player
Faith consists in believing what reason cannot.
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Believe Faith One Liner Reason
I don’t know where I am going, but I am on my way.
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Attitude Believe Confidence Inspirational Positive Way

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