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«Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.»
«Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil.»
«For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
(Essayist, Lecturer, Poet)
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Change,
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Life
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«For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul (Job 27:8)?»
«Creating a new theory is not like destroying an old barn and erecting a skyscraper in its place. It is rather like climbing a mountain, gaining new and wider views, discovering unexpected connections between our starting points and its rich environment. But the point from which we started out still exists and can be seen, although it appears smaller and forms a tiny part of our broad view gained by the mastery of the obstacles on our adventurous way up.»
Author: Albert Einstein
(Physicist)
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«Either Christianity is true or it's false. If you bet that it's true, and you believe in God and submit to Him, then if it IS true, you've gained God, heaven, and everything else. If it's false, you've lost nothing, but you've had a good life marked by peace and the illusion that ultimately, everything makes sense. If you bet that Christianity is not true, and it's false, you've lost nothing. But if you bet that it's false, and it turns out to be true, you've lost everything and you get to spend eternity in hell.»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
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«How can people be made happy in a petty kingdom? What peace can we expect from a rascal friend? What happiness can we have at home in the company of a bad wife? How can renown be gained by instructing an unworthy disciple?»
«Here there is no hope, and consequently no duty, no work, nothing to be gained by praying, nothing to be lost by doing what you like. Hell, in short, is a place where you have nothing to do but amuse yourself.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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amuse, amuses, consequently, gained, in short, no Hell, praying
«. . . provided that nothing like useful knowledge could be gained from them, provided they were all story and no reflection, she had never any objection to books at all.»
«For every thing you have missed, you have gained something else; and for every thing you gain, you lose something»
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