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Philosophy is really nostalgia, the desire to be at home.

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Philosophy can bake no bread; but she can procure for us God, Freedom, Immortality. Which, then, is more practical, Philosophy or Economy?
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Freedom God Immortal Philosophy Practical
Hypotheses are nets: only he who casts will catch.
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Catch Himself Trap
There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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Body Man Perspective Temple Universe
We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Cultivation Earth Mission
Character is perfectly educated will.
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Character Education Perfection Willing
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Healing Poetry Reason Wound
To know a truth well, one must have fought it out.
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Fight Oneself Truth
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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Effect Energy Greatness Powerful Reality Sadness Spring
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
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Artist Deep Perspective Work
If the world is a precipitation of human nature, so to speak, then the divine world is a sublimation of the same. Both occur in one act. No precipitation without sublimation. What goes lost there in agility, is won here.
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Agility Human Lost Nature Talk Won World
Life must not be a novel that is given to us, but one that is made by us.
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Book Creation Life Novel Oneself
Not only England, but every Englishman is an island.
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Man Thinking Universe
Every stage of education begins with childhood. That is why the most educated person on earth so much resembles a child.
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Appearance Beginning Childhood Earth Education Person Stage
Building worlds is not enough for the deeper urging mind; but a loving heart sates the striving spirit.
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Build Enough Heart Mindset Spirit Strive
Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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Object Paradise Point
A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Common Existence Life Love Need Oneself

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