Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty if he wished to drop the Earth and creep away, but this opinion was all that he was permitted.

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Evil is whatever distracts.

Evil is whatever distracts.

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist we create it. The nonexistent is w

By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

Heaven is dumb echoing only the dumb.

Heaven is dumb, echoing only the dumb.

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is in fact

It is only our conception of time that makes us call the Last Judgement by this name. It is, in fact, a kind of martial law.

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