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- Whether we are in a pleasant or a painful state depends, finally, upon the kind of matter that pervades and engrosses our consciousness and what…
- As the biggest library if it is in disorder is not as useful as a small but well-arranged one, so you may accumulate a vast…
- Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs the…
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