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The Divine Comedy

by Dante Alighieri

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Getrouwd met de premier

by Peter Rehwinkel

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De kleine Johannes

by Frederik van Eeden

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“χαλεπὰ τὰ καλά

Nothing beautiful without struggle.”
― Plato, The Republic

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“Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.”
― Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain

tags: happiness, joy, laughter, soul, sun, sunshine

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“I don't think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.”
― Jordan B. Peterson

tags: beyond-good-and-evil

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“The truth is like a lion; you don’t have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself.”
― Augustine of Hippo

tags: catholic, catholic-author, catholicism, truth

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“I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.”
― Plato, The Republic

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