The universe does not jest with us, but is in earnest
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Nations have lost their old omnipotence the patriotic tie does not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will.
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Self sacrifice is the real miracle out of which all the reported miracles grow.
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Take egotism out and you would castrate the benefactors.
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People say law but they mean wealth.
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