In spite of Stepan Arkadyevitch's efforts to be an attentive father and husband, he never could keep in his mind that he had a wife and children.
("Anna Karenina")
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Man discovers truth by reason only, not by faith.
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I'm getting old, that's the thing! What's in me now won't be there anymore.
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The Lord had given them the day and the Lord had given them the strength. And the day and the strength had been dedicated to labor, and the labor was its reward. Who was the labor for? What would be its fruits? These were irrelevant and idle questions.
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