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Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end...


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If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.

If dogs could talk, perhaps we would find it as hard to get along with them as we do with people.



I think I am slowly becoming an anarchist, that this is only another label for my privateness, and I think that you will understand this in the sense of being against collectivity.

I think I am slowly becoming an anarchist, that this is only another label for my privateness, and I think that you will understand this in the sense of being against collectivity.



Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.



Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.

Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.



Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.



A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.

A short life is better for mankind, for a long life would deprive man of his optimism.



Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.

Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.



Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.

Nothing is stranger to man than his own image.



Quite obviously a cat trusts human beings; but she doesn't trust another cat because she knows better than we do.

Quite obviously a cat trusts human beings; but she doesn't trust another cat because she knows better than we do.



A guy wanted the vet to cut his dog's tail off. The vet asked why. Well, my mother in law is visiting next month and I want to eliminate any possible indication that she is welcome.

A guy wanted the vet to cut his dog's tail off. The vet asked why. Well, my mother in law is visiting next month and I want to eliminate any possible indication that she is welcome.





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For he who loves God without faith reflects on himself, while the person who loves God in faith reflects on God.




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Diversity cannot swim in a world flooding with clones.



A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.

A smile is the best way to get away with trouble even if it’s a fake one.



A cell is regarded as the true biological atom.

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The writer works in a lonely way.



And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.

And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books.



Not just in Christian music but also in a lot of Christian culture there is a lot of pretending that everyone is perfect, nobody is really going through much.

Not just in Christian music but also in a lot of Christian culture there is a lot of pretending that everyone is perfect, nobody is really going through much.



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I go to screenings, then plays, then after-parties, then clubs.



I hope I would leave a legacy of joy -a legacy of real compassion.

I hope I would leave a legacy of joy -a legacy of real compassion.




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