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Our labour preserves us from three great evils – weariness, vice, and want.

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He must be very ignorant for he answers every question he is asked.
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Ignorance Intelligence Politics Stupidity Wisdom
Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.
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Amusement Dance Harm Reading World
It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Born Nature Resurrection Surprise
The discovery of what is true and the practice of that which is good are the two most important aims of philosophy.
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Aim Discover Goals Goodness Philosophy Practice
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
Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts.
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Authority Conceal Injustice Men Speech
The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.
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Amuse Art Disease Medicine Nature Patient
Every man is a creature of the age in which he lives and few are able to raise themselves above the ideas of the time.
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Age Creation Ideas Live Man Time
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
Sometimes we are less unhappy in being deceived by those we love, than in being undeceived by them.
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Broken Heart Deceive Hurt Love Lying Unhappy
What is history? The lie that everyone agrees on.
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Agree Deep History Humour Lie Past
Minds differ still more than faces.
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Deep Face Mask Mind One Liner
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
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
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Bore One Liner Secret Silence Talker
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living.
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Expectation Human Nature Life Live One Liner
May God defend me from my friends: I can defend myself from my enemies.
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Deep Defend Enemy Friendship God Hurt

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