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Violence and wrong enclose all who commit them in their meshes and do mostly recoil on him from whom they begin.

Lucretius

The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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Anand Thakur
A falling drop at last will carve a stone.
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Drops Fall Power Stone
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
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Anand Thakur
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
For there is a VOID in things; a truth which it will be useful for you, in reference to many points, to know; and which will prevent you from wandering in doubt.
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Anand Thakur
I own with reason: for, if men but knew Some fixed end to ills, they would be strong By some device unconquered to withstand Religions and the menacings of seers.
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Conquer Device Known Man Reason Religion
Nothing comes from nothing.
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Empty One Liner
Were a man to order his life by the rules of true reason, a frugal substance joined to a contented mind is for him great riches; for never is there any lack of a little.
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Anand Thakur
What came from the earth returns back to the earth, and the spirit that was sent from heaven, again carried back, is received into the temple of heaven.
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Carry Earth Heaven Return Spirit Temple
The nature of the universe has by no means been made through divine power, seeing how great are the faults that mar it.
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Divine Mistake Nature Power See Universe
What can give us more sure knowledge than our senses? How else can we distinguish between the true and the false?
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Anand Thakur
From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers.
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Amongst Arise Bitter Flower Fountain Spread
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
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Anand Thakur
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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Greatness Live Mindset Satisfaction Soul Wealth
We notice that the mind grows with the body, and with it decays.
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Body Decay Growth Mindset Notice
So, little by little, time brings out each several thing into view, and reason raises it up into the shores of light.
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Anand Thakur

Violence and wrong enclose all who commit them in their meshes and do mostly recoil on him from whom they begin.

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Violence and wrong enclose all who commit them in their meshes and do mostly recoil on him from whom they begin.

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