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Life is amazing, isn't it? You can't ever tell what will happen. Nobody knows until they go ahead and play the game.

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Plutarch

The superstitious man wishes he did not believe in gods, as the atheist does not, but fears to disbelieve in them.

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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.

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I am whatever was, or is, or will be; and my veil no mortal ever took up.

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A healer of others, himself diseased.

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The same intelligence is required to marshal an army in battle and to order a good dinner. The first must be as formidable as possible, the second as pleasant as possible, to the participants.

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Vultures are the most righteous of birds: they do not attack even the smallest living creature.

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Man wants but little here below Nor wants that little long, 'Tis not with me exactly so; But 'tis so in the song. My wants are many, and, if told, Would muster many a score; And were each wish a mint of gold, I still should long for more.

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