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Pliny declares, as I hear, that he does not believe in the gods, but he believes in dreams; and perhaps he is right.

— Henryk Sienkiewicz Quo Vadis (1895)

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I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character.

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There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy.

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Life deserves laughter, hence people laugh at it.

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Whoso loves beauty is unable for that very reason to love deformity. One may not believe in our gods, but it is possible to love them...

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The modern man is conscious of everything, and cannot find a remedy against anything.

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