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“There is no recollection which time does not put an end to, and no pain which death does not remove.”

Doe Ends Pain Remove Recollection No Pain

Book:The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha

Source: The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha

“A man is the sum of his ancestors; to reform him you must begin with a dead ape and work downward through a million graves. He is like the lower end of a suspended chain; you can sway him slightly to the right or the left, but remove your hand and he falls into line with the other links.”

Men Ends Hands Fall Left Lines Millions Graves Chains Reform Remove Links Ancestor Apes Suspended

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)

“Wars are fought to gain a certain objective. War itself is not the objective; victory is not the objective; you fight to remove the obstruction that comes in the way of your objective. If you let victory become the end in itself then you've gone astray and forgotten what you were originally fighting about.”

Ifs Way War Ends Certain Fighting Gone Victory Gains Forgotten Objectives Remove Obstruction

Author:Jawaharlal Nehru

“Theology recognizes the contingency of human existence only to derive it from a necessary being, that is, to remove it. Theology makes use of philosophical wonder only for the purpose of motivating an affirmation which ends it. Philosophy, on the other hand, arouses us to what is problematic in our own existence and in that of the world, to such a point that we shall never be cured of searching for a solution.”

World Humans Ends Philosophy Use Hands Purpose Existence Wonder Solutions Philosophical Theology Remove Affirmation Human Existence Contingency

Book:In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays

Source: In Praise of Philosophy and Other Essays