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“SOSTRATUS: Observe then your injustice! You punish us who are but the slaves of Clotho's bidding, and reward these, who do but minister to another's beneficence. For it will never be said that it was in our power to gainsay the irresistible ordinances of Fate? MINOS: Ah, Sostratus; look closely enough, and you will find plenty of inconsistencies besides these. However, I see you are no common pirate, but a philosopher in your way; so much you have gained by your questions. Let him go, Hermes; he shall not be punished after that. But mind, Sostratus, you must not put it into other people's heads to ask questions of this kind.”

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Book:مسامرات الأموات واستفتاء ميت
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“It's a book that says the same thing almost all the other books in the world say," continued the old man. "It describes people's inability to choose their own Personal Legends. And it ends up saying that everyone believes the world's greatest lie." "What's the world's greatest lie?" the boy asked, completely surprised. "It's this: that at a certain point in our lives, we lose control of what's happening to us, and our lives become controlled by fate. That's the world's greatest lie.”

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Book:The Alchemist
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“All his life he has been in the shadow of Grandfather, and of the man for whom he was named." ... "Then, Grandfather would tell us it has nothing to do with fame.” “He enjoyed the notoriety, though,” said Dash. “Agreed,” said Jimmy. “But he gained it from being so bloody brilliant at what he did. He didn’t set out to be the most fiendishly clever noble in history.” “Maybe that’s what Father knew from the start; it’s just getting the job done and let history decide what history will decide,” observed Dash.”

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Book:Shards of a Broken Crown
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