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 To rejoice in conquest is to rejoice in murder. - Lao-Tsze  Weep not that the world changes- did it keep a stable, changeless state, it were a cause indeed to weep. Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. Never undertake anything for which you wouldn't have the courage to ask the blessings of heaven. Life is either always a tightrope or a feather bed. Give me the tightrope. Strong people are made by opposition, like kites that go up against the wind. My wife converted me to religion. I never believed in hell until I married her. Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of Man. He that has no charity deserves no mercy. There is some consolation in the fact that, even though your dreams don't come true, neither do your nightmares. Enthusiasm for one's goal to lessens the disagreeableness of working toward it. One should respect public opinion in so far as it is necessary to avoid starvation and to keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny. Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody. Fear betrays unworthy souls. - Virgil No architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect. Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. It is as if the ordinary language we use every day has a hidden set of signals, a kind of secret code. Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day. Gentility is what is left over from rich ancestors after the money is gone. To find the good life you must become yourself. 
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