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People jump back and forth in pursuit of pleasures only because they see the emptiness of their lives more clearly than they do the emptiness of whichever new entertainment attracts them.

Leo Tolstoy
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...the more he did nothing, the less time he had to do anything.

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Life did not stop, and one had to live.

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The one who is happy, that's the one who is right.

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God gave the day, God gave the strength.

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Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

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God is the same everywhere.

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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.

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A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller th…

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Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are comp…

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