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Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by wash

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold. – Leo Tolstoy

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Our body is a machine for living. It is geared towards it; it is its nature. Let life go on in it unhindered and let it defend itself; it will be more effective than if you paralyze it by encumbering it with remedies. – Leo Tolstoy

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Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly. – Leo Tolstoy

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Too much and too little wine. Give him none, he cannot find truth give him too much, the same. – Blaise Pascal

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There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie. – Franz Kafka

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Man approaches the unattainable truth through a succession of errors. – Aldous Huxley

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