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If we go down into ourselves, we find that we possess exactly what we desire.

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I suffer more from the humiliations inflicted by my country than from those inflicted on her.
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Country Humility Myself Suffering
There is only one fault, only one: our inability to feed upon light.
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Inability Light Mistake Ourselves
Contradiction is the lever of transcendence.
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Contradict Transcendence
The virtue of hope is an orientation of the soul towards a transformation after which it will be wholly and exclusively love.
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Hope Love Soul Transformation Virtue
If you want to know what a man is really like, take notice of how he acts when he loses money.
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Himself Lose Men Money
A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.
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Beautiful Believe Herself Image Ugly Woman
Truth is sought not because it is truth but because it is good.
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Goodness Truth Wisdom
Purity is the ability to contemplate defilement.
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Ability One Liner Purity
War is the supreme form of prestige.
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Form One Liner War
Modern life is given over to immoderation. Immoderation invades everything: actions and thought, public and private life.
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Action Life Modern Private Public Thinking
The love of our neighbor in all its fullness simply means being able to say, “What are you going through?
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Friendship Inspirational Love Simplicity Yourself
A man thinks he is dying for his country,” said Anatole France, “but he is dying for a few industrialists.” But even that is saying too much. What one dies for is not even so substantial and tangible as an industrialist.
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Country Death Industry Men Thinking
Prayer consists simply in giving to God all the careful attention of which the soul is capable.
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Attention Capability Prayer Simplicity Soul
True definition of science: the study of the beauty of the world.
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Beautiful Definition Science True World
Official history is a matter of believing murderers on their own word.
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Believe History Murder Word
Love of God is pure when joy and suffering inspire an equal degree of gratitude.
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Equality God Gratitude Inspirational Love Purity Suffering

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