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If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

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One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
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Believe Hope Illusion Optimism Positive
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Expectation Human Nature Life Live One Liner
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Deep Intelligence Judgement One Liner Stupidity
Sensual pleasure passes and vanishes, but the friendship between us, the mutual confidence, the delight of the heart, the enchantment of the soul, these things do not perish and can never be destroyed.
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Confidence Destroy Friendship Heart Sex Vanish
Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road.
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Ignorance Path Road Species Stone Walk
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
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Enemy God Grant Humour Prayer Ridiculous
Despite the enormous quantity of books, how few people read! And if one reads profitably, one would realize how much stupid stuff the vulgar herd is content to swallow every day.
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Book People Quantity Reading Stupidity Vulgar
Dare to think for yourself.
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Attitude Dare One Liner Self Love Self Respect Thinking
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Men will always be mad, and those who think they can cure them are the maddest of all.
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Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.
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Awareness Consciousness Infinity Knowledge Meditation
If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace.
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Being unable to make people more reasonable, I preferred to be happy away from them.
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Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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