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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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The best thing about the sciences is their philosophical ingredient, like life for an organic body. If one dephilosophizes the sciences, what remains left? Earth, air, and water.
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Body Earth Organic Philosophy Science Water
Everything at a distance turns into poetry; distant mountains, distant people, distant events; all become Romantic.
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Distance People Poetry Romantic
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
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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End History Love Universe World
A complete need should not exist love, life in common with loved ones?
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Common Existence Life Love Need Oneself
A character is a completely fashioned will.
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Character Complete Fashion Willing
Nature is a petrified magic city.
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City Magic Nature One Liner Perspective
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
There is but one temple in the universe, and that is the body of man.
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Body Man Perspective Temple Universe
Poetry heals the wounds inflicted by reason.
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Healing Poetry Reason Wound
Accident is simply unforeseen order.
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Action Order Perspective Simplicity
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
Doing philosophy is only a threefold or double kind of waking–being awake–consciousness.
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Awakening Consciousness Kind Philosophy Walk
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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Enjoyment Learning Pleasure
We are on a mission: we are called to the cultivation of the earth .
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Cultivation Earth Mission

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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