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Falling drops will at last wear away stone.

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The first-beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.
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Anand Thakur
There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less.
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In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
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All things around, convulsed with violent thunder, seem to tremble, and the mighty walls of the capacious world appear at once to have started and burst asunder.
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And life is given to none freehold, but it is leasehold for all.
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To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
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We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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Some species increase, others diminish, and in a short space the generations of living creatures are changed and, like runners, pass on the torch of life.
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Anand Thakur
Our life must once have end; in vain we fly From following Fate; e’en now, e’en now, we die.
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Anand Thakur
Epicurus whose genius surpassed all humankind, extinguished the light of others, as the stars are dimmed by the rising sun.
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Genius Human Kind Light Rise Stars Sun
By protracting life, we do not deduct one jot from the duration of death.
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Death Life Oneself
From the heart of the fountain of delight rises a jet of bitterness that tortures us among the very flowers.
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Anand Thakur
Fear was the first thing on Earth to create gods.
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Atheist Creation Earth Fear God
It is great wealth to a soul to live frugally with a contented mind.
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Greatness Live Mindset Satisfaction Soul Wealth
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
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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Falling drops will at last wear away stone.

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