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True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

Lucretius

We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from.
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Anand Thakur
Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
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Live Man Past Scene
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
To none is life given in freehold; to all on lease.
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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 greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied.
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Anand Thakur
Never trust the calm sea when she shows her false alluring smile.
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Anand Thakur
The sum total of all sums total is eternal.
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Forever Total
Under what law each thing was created, and how necessary it is for it to continue under this, and how it cannot annul the strong rules that govern its lifetime.
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Creation Law Life Necessary Rule Strong Time
Not they who reject the gods are profane, but those who accept them.
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Anand Thakur
We, peopling the void air, make gods to whom we impute the ills we ought to bear.
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Anand Thakur
Constant dripping hollows out a stone.
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Anand Thakur
So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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Action Evil Religion
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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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
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

True piety lies rather in the power to contemplate the universe with a quiet mind.

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