We priests are the surgeons of souls, and it is our duty to deliver them of shameful secrets … - Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

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Wake up and create a purpose for yourself. Don't ask the meaning of life, ask yourself the meaning of each given day.

Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

We priests are the surgeons of souls, and it is our duty to deliver them of shameful secrets they would fain conceal, with hands careful to neither wound no pollute.

Hands, Soul, Secret, Fain, Deliver, Careful

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The crimes of extreme civilization are probably worse than those of extreme barbarism, because of their refinement, the corruption they presuppose, and their superior degree of intellectuality.

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Next to the wound, what women make best is the bandage.

Bandage, Bandages, Make, Next, Women, Wound

They had. . . finished their lives before their death - which is not always the end of life and often comes long before the end.

Atheist, Death, End Of Life, Finished, Lives, Long

The artist's morality lies in the force and truth of his description.

Art, Force, Lying, Morality, Truth

The crimes of extreme civilization are certainly more atrocious than those of extreme barbarism.

Art, Atrocious, Civilization, Crimes, Philosophy

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Wake up and create a purpose for yourself. Don't ask the meaning of life, ask yourself the meaning of each given day.

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Jean de la Bruyere

Profound ignorance makes a man dogmatic. The man who knows nothing thinks he is teaching others what he has just learned himself; the man who knows a great deal can't imagine that what he is saying is not common knowledge, and speaks more indifferently.

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Julia Quinn

Are you all right?” he asked Olivia. His heart was still racing with terror that she’d been hurt. “I heard a woman scream. ” “Ah, that would have been me,” Sebastian said. Harry looked down on his cousin, face frozen in disbelief. “You made that noise?” “It hurt,” Sebastian bit off. Harry fought not to laugh. “You scream like a leettle girl.

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William Wordsworth

We must be free or die, who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake; the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.

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Lewis Tappan

Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo.

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