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We do not know what to do with this short life, yet we yearn for another that will be eternal.

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Until one has loved an animal, a part of one’s soul remains unawakened.
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Animal Love Oneself Soul
Dictionary: The universe in alphabetical order.
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Book One Liner
If 50 million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People
To be willing to die for an idea is to set a rather high price on conjecture.
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Death Price Willing
As to the kind of truth one finds in books, it is a truth that enables us sometimes to discern what things are not, without ever enabling us to discover what they are.
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Discover Kind Truth
If fifty million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.
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Fools People Truth
Without lies, humanity would perish of despair and boredom
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Humanity Lie
When a thing has been said and said well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it.
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Talk Word
Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.
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Book Library Myself People
Our passions are ourselves.
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One Liner Ourselves Passion
All the good writers of confessions, from Augustine onwards, are men who are still a little in love with their sins.
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Goodness Love Man Sin Writing
Suffering — how divine it is, how misunderstood! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage, we owe to it all the virtues.
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Courage Divine Goodness Life Suffering Value Virtue
Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.
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Animal Believe Himself Logic Man Thinking
Whatever one may do, one is always alone in the world.
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Alone Oneself World
We have never heard the devil’s side of the story, God wrote all the book.
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Book Deep Devil God Religious Story Writing
To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
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Accomplishment Act Believe Dream Greatness Planning

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