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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 artist stands on the human being as a statue does on a pedestal.
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Artist Human Stand Statue
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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Beginning Glorious History Man Paradise Religious
Every beloved object is the center point of a paradise.
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Object Paradise Point
Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.
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Finding Material Search
One should, when overwhelmed by the shadow of a giant, move aside and see if the colossal shadow isn’t merely that of a pygmy blocking out the sun.
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Block Feeling Oneself Shadow Sun
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
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Hero Mindset Oneself Stay Time
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
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Drama Lyrics Man Marriage Woman
Humanity is a comic role.
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Cosmos Humanity Role
You are alone with everything you love.
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Alone Love Yourself
Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.
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Delicate Talk Thinking
The highest purpose of intellectual cultivation is to give a man a perfect knowledge and mastery of his own inner self.
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Cultivation Himself Intellectual Master Purpose
Only the most perfect human being can design the most perfect philosophy.
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Design Human Perfection Philosophy
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
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
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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Enjoyment Learning Pleasure

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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