Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

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One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.

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If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said

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The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.

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Maybe each human being lives in a unique world, a private world different from those inhabited and e

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I shiver, thinking how easy it is to be totally wrong about people-to see one tiny part of them and

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If you understand others you are smart.If you understand yourself you are illuminated.If you overcom

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belief is the death of intelligence.

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I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.

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I don't deserve a soul, yet I still have one. I know because it hurts.

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One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by you

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The journey is what brings us happiness not the destination.

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Doubt as sin. — Christianity has done its utmost to close the circle and declared even doubt to be s

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If it turns out that there is a God...the worst that you can say about him is that basically he's an

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Wisest is she who knows she does not know.

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Happiness consists in frequent repetition of pleasure

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Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.

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Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding... And could you keep your h

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I don't want to be a tree

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You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a bloodsucker

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