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So it’s true, when all is said and done, grief is the price we pay for love.E.a. Bucchianeri
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Falling in love is very real, but I used to shake my head when people talked about soul mates, poor deluded individuals grasping at some supernatural ideal not intended for mortals but sounded pretty in a poetry book. Then, we met, and everything changed, the cynic has become the converted, the sceptic, an ardent zealot.E.a. Bucchianeri
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Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don’t know you’re having one until you’re right in the middle of it.E.a. Bucchianeri
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... it’s a blessed thing to love and feel loved in return.E.a. Bucchianeri
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Well, if it can be thought, it can be done, a problem can be overcome,E.a. Bucchianeri
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No one messes around with a nerd’s computer and escapes unscathed.E.a. Bucchianeri
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Socrates: Have you noticed on our journey how often the citizens of this new land remind each other it is a free country? Plato: I have, and think it odd they do this. Socrates: How so, Plato?Plato: It is like reminding a baker he is a baker, or a sculptor he is asculptor. Socrates: You mean to say if someone is convinced of their trade, they haveno need to be reminded. Plato: That is correct. Socrates: I agree. If these citizens were convinced of their freedom, they would not need reminders.E.a. Bucchianeri
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There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious setting of the kitchen table.E.a. Bucchianeri
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To be, or not to be: what a question!E.a. Bucchianeri
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There may be some truth (atheists) do not need to believe in a god to be good, but then if they do not believe in a god, who do they believe gives the Universal Law of following good and shunning evil? Obviously, mankind. But then that is a dangerous thing, for if a man does not believe in a god capable of giving perfect laws, he is in the position of declaring all laws come from man, and as man is imperfect, he can declare that as fallible men make imperfect laws, he can pick and choose what he wishes to follow, that which, in his own mind seems good. He does not believe in divine retribution, therefore he can also declare his own morality contrary to what the divine may decree simply because he believes there is no divine decree. He may follow his every whim and passion, declaring it to be good when it may be very evil, for he like all men is imperfect, so how can he tell what is verily good? The atheist is in danger of mistaking vice for good and consequently follow another slave master and tyrant, his own physical and mental weakness. Evil would be wittingly or unwittingly perpetrated, therefore, to recognise the existence of a perfect divine being that gives perfect Universal Laws is much better than not to believe in a god, for if there is a perfect god, they will not allow their laws to be broken with impunity as in the case with many corrupt judges on earth, but will punish accordingly in due time. Therefore, to be pious and reverent is the surest path to true freedom as a perfect god will give perfect laws to prevent all manner of slavery, tyranny and moral wantonness, even if we do not understand why they are good laws at times.E.a. Bucchianeri
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We are the sum total of the decisions we have made.E.a. Bucchianeri
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I mean really, how could an artistic individual stay grounded in the nitty-gritty of how many minutes per pound meat has to stay in the oven when trying to fathom the creative philosophy behind the greatest artistic minds of the world?E.a. Bucchianeri
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An acquaintance merely enjoys your company, a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well, a true friend has your best interests at heart and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.E.a. Bucchianeri
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Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law.E.a. Bucchianeri
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It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.E.a. Bucchianeri
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Be wise today so you don't cry tomorrow.E.a. Bucchianeri
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Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!E.a. Bucchianeri
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God Is, Lucifer is a devil, and there is a Hell.E.a. Bucchianeri
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The devil has not vanished simply because people refuse to believe he exists, no more than God has...E.a. Bucchianeri
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... true evil needs no reason to exist, it simply is and feeds upon itself.E.a. Bucchianeri