"See how fortune deludes us, and that which……" — Giordano Bruno
"See how fortune deludes us, and that which we put carefully into her hands, she either breaks or lets it fall from her hands, or causes it to be removed by the violence of another, or suffocates and poisons, or taints with suspicion, fear and jealousy to the great hurt and ruin of the possessor."
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65 Quotes by Giordano Bruno
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It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority,…
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There is no law governing all things.
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The universe is then one, infinite, immobile. ... It is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and limitless,…
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There is a single general space, a single vast immensity which we may freely call void: in it are unnumerable…
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With luck on your side, you can do without brains.
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I await your sentence with less fear than you pass it. The time will come when all will see what…
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Time takes all and gives all
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Nature is none other than God in all things.
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The soul is not the body and it may be in one body or in another, and pass from body…
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I have held and hold souls to be immortal.... Speaking as a Catholic, they do not pass from body to…
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It is unity that doth enchant me. By her power I am free though thrall, happy in sorrow, rich in…
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It may be you fear more to deliver judgment upon me than I fear judgment.
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