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It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.
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Love Passion Time Wild
The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
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Dwell Greatness Harm Hurt Misfortune Power
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
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
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Guilty Man One Liner Sad Struggle
No opinion is worth burning your neighbor for.
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Burn Neighbor Opinion Worth
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant
Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.
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Exquisite Food Illegal Pity
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
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Allow Control Criticize Want
It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.
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Book Deep Greatness Healing Men Play
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Expectation Human Nature Life Live One Liner
Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.
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Believe Fools Habit Myself Please Taste
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
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Depend Inequality Misfortune
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
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Forbidden Government Humour Kill Murder Punishment
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
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Deep Greatness Healing Hide One Liner

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part.

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