knowledge is power *
that's why some people don't want to share it with anyone.
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"i opened the book, picking a passage at random, and came across a tale about alexander the great. the emperor, as the story went, received as a gift some wondrous glass dishes. he liked the gifts very much, but smashed them all nonetheless. "why? are they not beautiful?" he was asked. "precisely because of that," he answered. "they are so beautiful that it would be hard for me to lose them. and with time they would break, one by one. and i would be sorrier than i am now."
the tale was naive but it still astonished me. its lesson was bitter: one should renounce everything he might ever begin to love, because loss and disappointment are inevitable. we must renounce love in order not to lose i…
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knowledge
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tory
colonists loyal to britain.
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fa sho
for sure.
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nevada
the driest state in the us.
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respect
respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be.
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tonopah
best place to go stargazing around the us.
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bitcoin
bitcoin is the solution to a problem. started trading it in 2016.
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justice
justice is like health, you think about it only when you don't have it.
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koi no yokan
the japanese phrase "koi no yokan" means knowing you are eventually going to fall in love with someone after you've just met. i think it's a combination of love at first sight and falling in love slowly over time.
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google maps
gaza – the palestinian territory – is blurred. image
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afk
away from keyboard.
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forgetting
a gift or superpower in some instances.
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youtube
most useful and educational social media platform if you are keen on exploring interesting stuff. comparing with other platforms, i still spend my most time on it. besides, it has the least negative effects on human psychology.
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arthur zimmermann
(see: #679)
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remember the alamo
(see: #635)