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This is all that I've known for certain, that God is love. Even if I have been mistaken on this or that point: God is nevertheless love.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
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In my great melancholy, I loved life, for I love my melancholy.
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Theology sits rouged at the window and courts philosophy's favor, offering to sell her charms to it.
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Genius never desires what does not exist.
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