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I loved him as we always love for the first time; with idolatry and wild passion.

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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
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
It is clear that the individual who persecutes a man, his brother, because he is not of the same opinion, is a monster.
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Brother Individual Man Monster Opinion Philosophy
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.
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Change Finding Inspirational Life Pleasant
Don’t think money does everything or you are going to end up doing everything for money.
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Ending Money Thinking
It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.
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Depend Inequality Misfortune
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor
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Abundance Comfort Poor Poverty Rich Supply
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
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
Behind every successful man stands a surprised mother-in-law.
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Family Man Mother In Law Sucess Surprise
Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.
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Deep Intelligence Judgement One Liner Stupidity
Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
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Body Disease Doctor Drug Humour
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
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
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Deep Greatness Healing Hide One Liner
It is not more surprising to be born twice than once; everything in nature is resurrection.
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Born Nature Resurrection Surprise
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

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