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The most terrible fight is not when there is one opinion against another, the most terrible is when two men say the same thing -- and fight about the interpretation, and this interpretation involves a difference of quality.
Soren Kierkegaard
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Soren Kierkegaard
Age: 42 †
Born: 1813
Born: January 1
Died: 1855
Died: January 1
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One could construe the life of man as a great discourse in which the various people represent different parts of speech (the same might apply to states).
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Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness I have walked myself into my best thoughts.
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The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.
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