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I saw within Its depth how It conceives All things in a single volume bound by Love of which the universe is the scattered leaves.

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O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men! be wary how ye judge: For we, who see the Maker, know not yet The number of the chosen; and esteem Such scantiness of knowledge our delight: For all good is, in that primal good, Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.

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The path to paradise begins in hell.

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Come, follow me, and leave the world to its babblings.

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No sadness is greater than in misery to rehearse memories of joy.

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But if, as morning rises, dreams are true.

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Conscience, that boon companion who sets a man free under the strong breastplate of innocence, that bids him on and fear not.

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There sighs, lamentations and loud wailings resounded through the starless air, so that at first it made me weep; strange tongues, horrible language, words of pain, tones of anger, voices loud and hoarse, and with these the sound of hands, made a tumult which is whirling through that air forever dark, and sand eddies in a whirlwind.

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O power of fantasy that steals our minds from things outside, to leave us unaware, although a thousand trumpets may blow loud--what stirs you if the senses show you nothing? Light stirs you, formed in Heaven, by itself, or by His will Who sends it down to us.

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Sta come torre ferma, che non crolla Giammai la cima per soffiar de' venti. Be steadfast as a tower that doth not bend its stately summit to the tempest's shock.

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The man who lies asleep will never waken fame.

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Of my sowing such straw I reap. O human folk, why set the heart there where exclusion of partnership is necessary

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There is a gentle thought that often springs to life in me, because it speaks of you.

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The secret of getting things done is to act!

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As little flowers, which the chill of night has bent and huddled, when the white sun strikes, grow straight and open fully on their stems, so did I, too, with my exhausted force.

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From a little spark may burst a flame.

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So that the Universe felt love, by which, as somebelieve, the world has many times been turned to chaos. And at that moment this ancient rock, here and elsewhere, fell broken into pieces.

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The greatest gift that God in His bounty made in creation, and the most conformable to His goodness, and that which He prizes the most, was the freedom of will, with which the creatures with intelligence, they all and they alone, were and are endowed.

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Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.

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There is no greater pain than to remember, in our present grief, past happiness.

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