"Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise."

Paradise, Gold, Treasure, Wishes

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"Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise."

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"I went to the Paradise Restaurant on 49th Street and Broadway which was where they were playing, and I sat in."

Ray Conniff, American Musician

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"I should have no use for a paradise in which I should be deprived of the right to prefer hell."

Jean Rostand, French Scientist

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"In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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"Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return."

W. H. Auden, English Poet

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"Utility is when you have one telephone, luxury is when you have two, opulence is when you have three - and paradise is when you have none."

Doug Larson, American Cartoonist

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"Paradise is too perfect for humanity."

Dario Argento, Italian Director

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"It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste."

Evelyn Waugh, English Author

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"Paradise was made for tender hearts; hell, for loveless hearts."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"The only paradise is paradise lost."

Marcel Proust, French Author

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"Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear."

Purpose, Day, Will

"I am a most noteworthy sinner, but I have cried out to the Lord for grace and mercy, and they have covered me completely. I have found the sweetest consolation since I made it my whole purpose to enjoy His marvellous Presence."

Purpose, Grace, Mercy

"Stood off and on during the night, determining not to come to anchor till morning, fearing to meet with shoals; continued our course in the morning; and as the island was found to be six or seven leagues distant, and the tide was against us, it was noon when we arrived there."

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"Their houses are all built in the shape of tents, with very high chimneys."

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"By prevailing over all obstacles and distractions, one may unfailingly arrive at his chosen goal or destination."

Goal, May, Obstacles

"Riches don't make a man rich, they only make him busier."

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"For the execution of the voyage to the Indies, I did not make use of intelligence, mathematics or maps."

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"These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished."

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"I am not solicitous to examine particularly everything here, which indeed could not be done in fifty years, because my desire is to make all possible discoveries, and return to your Highnesses, if it please our Lord, in April."

Exploration, April, Desire, Years

"But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them."

Truth, Purpose, Gold, Quantity