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One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
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Greatness Oneself See Sight Small View
There are two ways to get enough. One is to continue to accumulate more and more. The other is to desire less.
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Deep Desire Enough Philosophy
There is a road from the eye to the heart that does not go through the intellect.
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Eyes Heart Intellectual Road
But the truth is that it is only by believing in God that we can ever criticise the Government. Once abolish the God, and the Government becomes the God.
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Abolishment Believe Criticism God Government Truth
The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
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God Man Riddle Satisfaction Solution
[No society can survive the socialist] fallacy that there is an absolutely unlimited number of inspired officials and an absolutely unlimited amount of money to pay them.
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Inspirational Limitation Money Pay Society
Being a success at work is not worth it if it means being a failure at home.
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Failure Home Success Work Worth
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
A society is in decay, final or transitional, when common sense really becomes uncommon.
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Destruction Society Transition
When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.
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Beginning Dignity Human Ignorance People
Humor can get in under the door while seriousness is still fumbling at the handle.
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Handle Serious Under
CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Civilization Communication Judgement Speed
An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered.
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Adventure Right Wrong
These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.
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Day Expectation Praise Way
God is like the sun; you cannot look at it, but without it you cannot look at anything else.
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Deep God Religious Sun Yourself
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past

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