All religions are founded on the fear of the many and the cleverness of the few.

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Only great minds can afford a simple style.

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To describe happiness is to diminish it.

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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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If you don’t love me, it does not matter, anyway I can love for both of us.

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Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.

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