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- The animals share with us the privilege of having a soul Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy…
- Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature…
- The soul of man is divided into three parts, intelligence, reason, and passion. Intelligence and passion are possessed by other animals, but reason by man…
- There are in woman's eyes two sorts of tears,--the one of grief, the other of deceit.
- Ability and necessity dwell near each other.
- Some are slaves of ambition or money, but others are interested in understanding life itself. These give themselves the name of philosophers , and they…
- Friends are as companions on a journey, who ought to aid each other to persevere in the road to a happier life.
- As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace. For as long as…
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