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In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.

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Man has his being in truth–if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question of lying–but of acting against one’s conviction.
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Betrayal Lying Man Oneself Question Sacrifice Truth
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
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Artist Deep Perspective Work
Prayer is to religion what thinking is to philosophy. To pray is to make religion.
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Creation Philosophy Prayer Religion Thinking
Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.
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Deep Desire Feeling Home Nostalgia Philosophy
Every disease is a musical problem. Its cure a musical solution. The more rapid and complete the solution, the greater the musical talent of the doctor.
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Complete Doctor Music Problem Solution Talent
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search
Play is experimenting with chance.
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Chance Experiment One Liner Play
I often feel, and ever more deeply I realize, that fate and character are the same conception.
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Character Fate Feeling Myself Realization
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
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Complete Ourselves Realization
Many books are longer than they seem. They have indeed no end. The boredom that they cause is truly absolute and infinite.
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Book End Infinite Reason
Philosophy bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.
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Deep Delight Love Philosophy Reflection Wisdom
Perceptibility is a kind of attentiveness.
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Attention Kind
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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Enjoyment Learning Pleasure
To philosophize means to make vivid.
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Creation Philosophy
Friends, the soil is poor, we must sow seeds in plenty for us to garner even modest harvests.
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Friendship Harvest Modest Poor Result

In cheerful souls there is no wit. Wit shows a disturbance of the equipoise.

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