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Justice in the hands of the powerful is merely a governing system like any other. Why call it justice?


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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.



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Suicide only really frightens those who are never tempted by it and never will be, for its darkness only welcomes those who are predestined to it.

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Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.

Faith is not a thing which one loses, we merely cease to shape our lives by it.



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...the most dangerous shortsightedness consists in underestimating the mediocre.



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You owe it to everyone you love to find pockets of tranquility in your busy world.



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