...one of the roles of man is to shut his eyes and keep them shut to see if he can continue into the night of his old age the dream curtailed in the night of his youth.
Machado De Assis
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In ordinary life the action of a third party does not free the contractor from an obligation but the advantage of making a contract with heaven is that intentions are valid currency.
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He felt that there is a loose balance of good and evil and that the art of living consists in getting the greatest good out of the greatest evil.
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