Truths kindle light for truths.
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Anand Thakur
Truths kindle light for truths.
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Only religion can lead to such evil.
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We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.
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We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from.
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Do we not see all humans unaware Of what they want, and always searching everywhere, And changing place, as if to drop the load they bear?
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It’s easier to avoid the snares of love than to escape once you are in that net.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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It is pleasurable, when winds disturb the waves of a great sea, to gaze out from land upon the great trials of another.
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Tears for the mourners who are left behind Peace everlasting for the quiet dead.
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The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
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Victory puts us on a level with heaven.
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Deprived of pain, and also deprived of danger, able to do what it wants, [Nature] does not need us, nor understands our deserts, and it cannot be angry.
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Confess then, naught from nothing can become, Since all must have their seeds, wherefrom to grow, Wherefrom to reach the gentle fields of air.
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O goddess, bestow on my words an immortal charm.
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