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To God all things are fair and good and right, but men hold some things wrong and some right.
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God Men Philosophy Right Wrong
Because it is so unbelievable, the Truth often escapes being known.
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Believe Escape Truth
War is father of all, and king of all. He renders some gods, others men; he makes some slaves, others free.
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Freedom God King Slave War
What are men? Mortal gods. What are gods? Immortal men.
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God Immortal Men
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.
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Break Up Deep Flow Relationship River Step Water
You won’t discover the limits of the soul, however far you go.
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Discover Experience Explore Limitation Soul Travel
Dog bark at what they don’t understand.
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Bark Dog Insult Stupidity Understand
Day by day, your choices, your thoughts, your actions fashion the person you become.
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Action Change Choice Fashion Person Personality
The world is nothing but a great desire to live and a great dissatisfaction with living.
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Desire Life Live Philosophy Satisfaction World
Lifetime is a child at play, moving pieces in a game. Kingship belongs to the child.
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Children King Lifetime Piece Play
Men that love wisdom must be acquainted with very many things indeed.
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Indeed Love Men Wisdom
Even what those with the greatest reputation for knowing it all claim to understand and defend are but opinions.
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Claim Defend Opinion Reputation Understand
And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.
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Awake Forget Ignorance Men
Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
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Agree Couple Disagree Relationship
Mortals are immortals and immortals are mortals, the one living the others’ death and dying the others’ life.
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Death Immortal Live Mortal
If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.
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Difficult Expectation Hope Life Surprise Unexpected

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