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Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

Lucretius

Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows.
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Absence Blow Guilty Mindset
Mother of Aeneas, pleasure of men and gods.
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Anand Thakur
And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
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Anand Thakur
So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.
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Anand Thakur
If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
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Man Prophet See Strength Term Trouble
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
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Action Evil Religion
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
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
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Anand Thakur
What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
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Anand Thakur
The mask is torn off, while the reality remains
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Anand Thakur
Yet a little while, and (the happy hour) will be over, nor ever more shall we be able to recall it.
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Anand Thakur
Sweet it is, when on the high seas the winds are lashing the waters, to gaze from the land on another’s struggles.
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Land Seas Struggle Sweet Water
The wailing of the newborn infant is mingled with the dirge for the dead.
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Anand Thakur
Truths kindle light for truths.
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Light One Liner Truth
The sum total of all sums total is eternal (meaning the universe).
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Forever Sum Total Universe

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