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Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.

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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.
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Philosophy Truth Virtue World
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Greatness Truth
Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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One Liner Truth
It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.
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Believe Existence Man Philosophy
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Charity Help Himself Man
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Charity Poor
Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Philosophy Purpose Yourself
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy
The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
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Easy Live Necessary
There are eight levels of charity. The highest is when you strengthen a man’s hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.
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Charity Hands Man Strength
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Act God Himself Quality
For it is said, You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him, that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.
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Community Fall Live Need Strength Yourself
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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Believe Blessing Faith Myself Perfection
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth

Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.

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