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Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.

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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
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Depend Inequality Misfortune
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
I would rather obey a fine lion, much stronger than myself, than two hundred rats of my own species.
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Lion Myself Obey Rat Species Strong
If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated.
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Creation God Reciprical Religion
We are rarely proud when we are alone.
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Alone Deep One Liner Proud Rare
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
Cherish those who seek the truth but beware of those who find it.
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Beware Cherish Fear Honesty Seek Truth
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Amuse Art Disease Medicine Nature Patient
Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
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Condition Couple Doubt Ridiculous Uncomfortable
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her; but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.
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Acceptance Alone Decide Game Life Player
To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth.
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Dead Honesty Live Owe Respect Truth
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
May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Deep Defend Enemy Friendship God Hurt
Dare to think for yourself.
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Attitude Dare One Liner Self Love Self Respect Thinking
Men argue. Nature acts.
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Action Change Men Nature One Liner

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