A single word even may be a spark of inextinguishable thought.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEYLife and the world, or whatever we call that which we are and feel, is an astonishing thing. The mist of familiarity obscures from us the wonder of our being. We are struck with admiration at some of its transient modifications, but it is itself the great miracle.
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In fact, truth cannot be communicated until it is perceived.
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War is the statesman’s game, the priest’s delight, the lawyer’s jest, the hired assassin’s trade.
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The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
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If a person’s religious ideas correspond not with your own, love him nevertheless.
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Then black despair, The shadow of a starless night, was thrown Over the world in which I moved alone.
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Love’s very pain is sweet.
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I love tranquil solitude And such society As is quiet, wise, and good.
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The psychological and moral comfort of a presence at once humble and understanding-this is the greatest benefit that the dog has bestowed upon man.
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I have been a wanderer among distant fields. I have sailed down mighty rivers.
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When my cats aren’t happy, I’m not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they’re just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.
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The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
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I love snow, snow, and all the forms of radiant frost.
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Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.
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Life and the world, or whatever we call that which we are and feel, is an astonishing thing. The mist of familiarity obscures from us the wonder of our being. We are struck with admiration at some of its transient modifications, but it is itself the great miracle.
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A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.
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