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I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to hi

I never knew whether to pity or congratulate a man on coming to his senses. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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The Bible tells us to love our neighbors, and also to love our enemies; probably because they are generally the same people. – G.K. Chesterton

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I would ask something more of this world, if it had something more. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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[M]an is a machine made expressly for sorrow; he has only five senses with which to receive pleasure, and suffering comes to him through the whole surface of his body…. The man who does not suffer is an ill-made machine, an imperfect creature… – Claude Tillier (1801–1844), My Uncle Benjamin: A Humorous, Satirical, and

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Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. – David T. Wolf

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