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People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

Soren Kierkegaard

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
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Freedom People Sarcastic
People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.
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People Sarcastic Understand
Hope is a passion for the possible.
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Hope One Liner Passion Possible
Boredom is the root of all evil.
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Evil One Liner
It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my interests are not subordinated in one but stand on an equal footing.
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Equality Interest Life Myself Philosophy
And this is one of the most crucial definitions for the whole of Christianity; that the opposite of sin is not virtue but faith.
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Faith Religion Sin Virtue
My melancholy is the most faithful mistress I have known; what wonder, then, that I love her in return.
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Faith Love Relationship
My melancholy is the most faithful sweetheart I have had.
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Faith Sad
Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth — look at the dying man’s struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.
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Beginning Born Cry Death Deep End Enjoyment Man Philosophy Woman
Once you are born in this world you’re old enough to die.
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Born Death Philosophy Yourself
I see it all perfectly; there are two possible situations — one can either do this or that. My honest opinion and my friendly advice is this: do it or do not do it — you will regret both.
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Advice Friendship Honest Possible Regret Situation
The proud person always wants to do the right thing, the great thing. But because he wants to do it in his own strength, he is fighting not with man, but with God.
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Fight God Great Person Proud Right Strength
Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it.
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Deep Life Past Pleasure Pursue
The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.
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Act Action Deep Easy Religious Understand
How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech.
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Freedom Liberty Man Sarcastic
What labels me, negates me.
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Myself One Liner

People understand me so poorly that they don’t even understand my complaint about them not understanding me.

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