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From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

Lucretius

Truths kindle light for truths.
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Light One Liner Truth
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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Anand Thakur
If the matter of death is reduced to sleep and rest, what can there be so bitter in it, that any one should pine in eternal grief for the decease of a friend?
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Anand Thakur
Human life lay foul before men’s eyes, crushed to the dust beneath religion’s weight.
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Anand Thakur
No matter how difficult a task may look.. Persistence and steady action will get you through.
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Action Difficult Task Willing Yourself
A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
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Drops Fall Power Stone
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
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Anand Thakur
If one thing frightens people, it is that so much happens, on earth and out in space, the reasons for which seem somehow to escape them, and they fill in the gap by putting it down to the gods.
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Earth Escape God People Scare
You may complete as many generations as you please during your life; none the less will that everlasting death await you.
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Anand Thakur
The sum of all sums is eternity.
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Anand Thakur
Things stand apart so far and differ, that What’s food for one is poison for another.
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Food Oneself Poison Stand
We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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Anand Thakur
When bodies spring apart, because the air Somehow condenses, wander they from truth: For then a void is formed, where none before; And, too, a void is filled which was before.
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Body Empty Fill Spring Truth
The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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Anand Thakur
Forbear to spew out reason from your mind, but rather ponder everything with keen judgment; and if it seems true, own yourself vanquished, but, if it is false, gird up your loins to fight.
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Fake Fight Judgement Reason Yourself
Thus the sum Forever is replenished, and we live As mortals by eternal give and take. The nations wax, the nations wane away; In a brief space the generations pass, And like to runners hand the lamp of life One unto other.
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Anand Thakur

From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.

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