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So you say faith is not enough for you and you want knowledge, too. But knowledge does not involve spiritual effort; knowledge is obvious. Faith assumes effort. Knowledge is repose and faith is motion.Evgenij Vodolazkin
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They embraced in parting. There were tears in the merchant’s eyes:“ I do not like parting.”“ Life consists of partings, ” said Arseny. “But you can rejoice more fully in companionship when you remember that.”“ But I would (the merchant Vladislav blew his nose) gather up all the good people I’ve met and never let them go.”“ I think then they would quickly become mean, ” smiled Ambrogio. (p. 238) .Evgenij Vodolazkin