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वन्दे बोधमयं नित्यं गुरुं शङ्कररूपिणम् । यमाश्रितो हि वक्रोऽपि चन्द्रः सर्वत्र वन्द्यते ।।३।। ज्ञानमय, नित्य, शङ्कररूपी गुरुकी मैं वन्दना करता हूँ, जिनके आश्रित होनेसे ही टेढ़ा चन्द्रमा भी सर्वत्र वन्दित होता है ।।३।।
“my beerdrunk soul is sadder than all the dead christmas trees of the world.”
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“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."
[Preface to Brissot's Address to His Constituents (1794)]”
― On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters
[Preface to Brissot's Address to His Constituents (1794)]”
― On Empire, Liberty, and Reform: Speeches and Letters
“Plato was a bore.”
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“The prostitute is not, as feminists claim, the victim of men, but rather their conqueror, an outlaw, who controls the sexual channels between nature and culture”
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“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
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