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• There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.
• Anyone who has obeyed nature by transmitting a piece of gossip experiences the explosive relief that accompanies the satisfying of a primary…
• Imagine now a man who is deprived of everyone he loves, and at the same time of his house, his habits, his…
• To accuse another of having weak kidneys, lungs, or heart, is not a crime; on the contrary, saying he has a weak…
• The bond between a man and his profession is similar to that which ties him to his country; it is just as…
• The butterfly's attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful…
• They sensed that what had happened around them and in their presence, and in them, was irrevocable. Never again could it be…
• After the planet becomes theirs, many millions of years will have to pass before a beetle particularly loved by God, at the…
• Conquering matter is to understand it, and understanding matter is necessary to understanding the universe and ourselves: and that therefore Mendeleev's Periodic…
• I too entered the Lager as a nonbeliever, and as a nonbeliever I was liberated and have lived to this day.
• An enemy who sees the error of his ways ceases to be an enemy.
• The sea's only gifts are harsh blows and occasionally the chance to feel strong.

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