Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
NOVALISMany 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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Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
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Fate and temperament are the names of a concept.
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Character is perfectly educated will.
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The Bible begins gloriously with Paradise, the symbol of youth, and ends with the everlasting kingdom, with the holy city. The history of every man should be a Bible.
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Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.
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To get to know a truth properly, one must polemicize it.
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There is an energy which springs from sickness and debility: it has a more powerful effect than the real, but, sadly, expires in an even greater infirmity.
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All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Where are we really going? Always home.
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Play is experimenting with chance.
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Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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We are near waking when we dream we are dreaming.
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