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The Jungle Books

by Rudyard Kipling

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2082: The Chronicles Of Hope

by Robert Breeze

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“Entre las cosas admirables, sobrepasa a todas las demás el que el hombre haya llegado a conocer y a crear la naturaleza divina.”
― Hermes Trismegistus

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“they who are wise shall be humble.”
― Enoch, The Books of Enoch: Complete 3 Books: (1 Enoch - First Book of Enoch) (2 Enoch - Secrets of Enoch) (3 Enoch - Hebrew Book of Enoch) 3 Great Ancient Wisdom Books of the Old Days Annotated

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“The insult dishonors the one who infers it, not the one who receives it.”
― Diogenes of Sinope

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“¿Cabe libertad donde no hay elección? ¿Cabe elección donde no se conoce más que uno de los términos en que ha de consistir?”
― Leopoldo Alas, La regenta

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“I constantly sought knowledge and truth, and it became my belief that for gaining access to the effulgence and closeness to God, there is no better way than that of searching for truth and knowledge.”
― Alhazen

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