The only absolute knowledge attainable by man is that life is meaningless.
("War and Peace")
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The more mental effort he made the clearer he saw that it was undoubtedly so: that he had really forgotten and overlooked one little circumstance in life - that Death would come and end everything, so that it was useless to begin anything, and that there was no help for it, Yes it was terrible but trueLeo Tolstoy
And what will be there, and what has there been here? Why was I so reluctant to part with life? There was something in this life I did not and do not understand.
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No one is satisfied with his position, but every one is satisfied with his wit
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To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools.
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There will be today, there will be tomorrow, there will be always, and there was yesterday, and there was the day before...
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How can one be well...when one suffers morally?
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