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There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.

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Evil is easy, and has infinite forms.
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Easy Evil Infinite
All the trouble in the world is due to the fact that man cannot sit still in a room.
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Men Trouble World
And is it not obvious that, just as it is a crime to disturb the peace when truth reigns, it is also a crime to remain at peace when the truth is being destroyed?
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Crime Destroy Peace Truth
All the maxims have been written. It only remains to put them into practice.
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Practice Writing
Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries. Yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.
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Greatness Misery Ourselves
Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known.
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Divine Human Love Religion
What a vast difference there is between knowing God and loving Him.
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Difference God Himself Love
We are not satisfied with real life; we want to live some imaginary life in the eyes of other people and to seem different from what we actually are.
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Eyes People Reality Satisfaction
Great and small suffer the same mishaps.
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Greatness Small Suffering
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth.
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Search Sincere Spirituality Vision
Imagination decides everything.
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Imagination Inspirational One Liner
The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of, We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart.
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Heart Reason Truth
The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others.
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Discover Intelligence Men Reality
The entire ocean is affected by a single pebble.
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Affection Ocean Pebble
Plurality which is not reduced to unity is confusion; unity which does not depend on plurality is tyranny.
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Confusion Unity
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.
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Greatness Inspirational Love Passion
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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Accomplishment Character Kindness
Man’s greatness lies in his power of thought.
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Greatness Lying Man Power
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
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Humble Humility People Praise Thinking
People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.
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Attraction Belief People
Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
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Justice Strength
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.
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Inspirational Letter Writing
Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.
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Cheat Foundation
The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
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Beyond Logic Men Reason
If you want to be a real seeker of truth, you need to, at least once in your lifetime, doubt in, as much as it’s possible, in everything.
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Doubt Life Need Possible Reality
I bring you the gift of these four words: I believe in you.
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Believe Gift Myself
Human life is thus only an endless illusion. Men deceive and flatter each other. No one speaks of us in our presence as he does when we are gone. Society is based on mutual hypocrisy.
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Deceive Human Life Men Ourselves Presence

There is enough light for those who only desire to see, and enough obscurity for those who have a contrary disposition.

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