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“Grace is what matters, in anything... That's a quality I admire quite greatly. It keeps you from reaching for the gun too quickly, keeps you from destroying things too foolishly. It keeps you alive and it keeps you open for more understanding.”
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“Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.”
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“Man is born free, but is everywhere in chains.”
― The Social Contract
― The Social Contract
“We are born to live, we are born to understand, we are born to carry a cursed pattern and be transformed by pain.”
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“All empires fall, eventually.”
“But why? It’s not for lack of power. In fact, it seems to be the opposite. Their power lulls them into comfort. They become undisciplined. Those who had to earn power are replaced by those who have known nothing else. Who have no comprehension of the need to rise above base desires.[”]”
― Lexicon
“But why? It’s not for lack of power. In fact, it seems to be the opposite. Their power lulls them into comfort. They become undisciplined. Those who had to earn power are replaced by those who have known nothing else. Who have no comprehension of the need to rise above base desires.[”]”
― Lexicon
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