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Paradox

The gods who kills lives in you, If it was then, it is not new. Bad roads are the best route in Life, Tears are good meat, eat enough, Your wisdom is knowledge from another's folly, It is sweeter if it is old, The taste of gall is meant for kings, Poison is the meat of men of faith, There is joy in earth's hell, There is pain in earth's heaven, The fruit of the garden, The size of God, The wave of the sea. Are the mysteries of eternity, "I am wise" is a fool, "I am as a fool" is on the wise path, The poor man was once the friend of the rich, If a young man beholds aging women, He will not marry. If you want madness, Go to the market. If you want wisdom, Go to the grave. All sinners are older than their age, Righteousness makes men like babies.

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