“ A man leaves his great house because he's bored With life at home, and suddenly returns, Finding himself no happier abroad. He rushes off to his villa driving like mad, You'ld think he's going to a house on fire, And yawns before he's put his foot inside, Or falls asleep and seeks oblivion, Or even rushes back to town again. So each man flies from himself (vain hope, because It clings to him the more closely against his will) And hates himself because he is sick in mind And does not know the cause of his disease. ”
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“ The supply of matter in the universe was never more tightly packed than it is now, or more widely spread out. For nothing is ever added to it or subtracted from it. It follows that the movement of atoms today is no different from what it was in bygone ages and always will be. So the things that have regularly come into being will continue to come into being in the same manner; they will be and grow and flourish so far as each is allowed by the laws of nature. ”
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“ The vivid force of his mind prevailed, and he fared forth far beyond the flaming ramparts of the heavens and traversed the boundless universe in thought and mind. ”
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“ Visible objects therefore do not perish utterly, since nature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the aid of another's death. ”
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“ Furthermore, as the body suffers the horrors of disease and the pangs of pain, so we see the mind stabbed with anguish, grief and fear. What more natural than that it should likewise have a share in death? ”
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“ So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains. ”
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“ Visible objects therefore do not perish utterly, since nature repairs one thing from another and allows nothing to be born without the aid of another's death. ”
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“ The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. ”
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“ We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ”
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“ Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. ”
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“ Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant. ”
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“ We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ”
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“ The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. ”
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“ In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. ”
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“ Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. ”
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“ From the very fountain of enchantment there arises a taste of bitterness to spread anguish amongst the flowers. ”
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“ Though the dungeon, the scourge, and the executioner be absent, the guilty mind can apply the goad and scorch with blows. ”
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“ In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers. ”
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“ The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied. ”
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“ The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. ”
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“ Violence and injury enclose in their net all that do such things, and generally return upon him who began. ”
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“ The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied. ”
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