The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.

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"A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband."

- Michel de Montaigne

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"My life has been full of terrible misfortunes, most of which never happened."

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"My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened."

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"There is no passion so contagious as that of fear."

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"He who fears he will suffer, already suffers because he fears."

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"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."

- Archer

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"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."

- Paine

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"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."

- Eric Sevareid

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"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"

- Theodor Seuss Geisel

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"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."

- G.K. Chesterton

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