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Everywhere we seek the Absolute, and always we find only things.

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To become properly acquainted with a truth, we must first have disbelieved it, and disputed against it.
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Believe Proper Truth
Love is the final end of the world’s history, the Amen of the universe.
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End History Love Universe World
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 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
All the events of our life are materials of which we can make what we will.
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Desire Event Life Material Power Willing
We never completely comprehend ourselves, but we can do far more than comprehend.
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Complete Ourselves Realization
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
Where children are, there is the golden age.
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Age Children Gold
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
Our bodies are molded rivers.
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Body Ourselves River
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
Philosophy is properly home-sickness; the wish to be everywhere at home.
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Desire Home Philosophy Sick
All power appears only in transition. Permanent power is stuff.
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Appearance Power Transition
Character and fate are two words for the same thing.
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Character Fate Word
Man is a sun and his senses are the planets.
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Himself Man Planet Sun
Man is lyrical, woman epic, marriage dramatic.
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Drama Lyrics Man Marriage Woman

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