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Ne postoje granice onoga sto covjek moze nauciti, samo granice koje sami povucemo u svojim glavama. [Kraljevstvo na kraju puta]
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An offence with words is the worst offence.Word kills
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A person had to learn to come to terms with the fate determined for him by God. It would do no good to grumble that one would rather be someone else or live somewhere else. Instead one had to try to make the best of the situation; that was the only way to fulfill God's plans.
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For the life and the future,it's more important to learn than to hate
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don't let the pride take over reason
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Hesitation is a half way to death
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Arn was about to say something about having too much work awaiting him, and that only at the end of the workday should a man enjoy the fruits of what he had accomplished by the sweat of his brow.
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Svarte shared this view, but he was obliged to obey.
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What troubled Father Henri was that Arn's apparently unwarranted worries might actually be expressing something else, a great loneliness.
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Jan Guillou |
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A short time later he spoke to Brother Lucien, who vehemently rejected the idea in fright.
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Jan Guillou |
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Svarte, who was reckoned the best smith at Arnas, had watched Arn in the smithy and he reluctantly had to admit that there wasn't much he could teach the boy about hammer and anvil. If he were to be quite truthful, the opposite was more likely, which was embarrassing enough and not easy to swallow
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Jan Guillou |
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no one could see whether he was praying or sleeping, although the latter was more likely.
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Since Svarte and Kol had not a single word to say about this matter, their conversation died out.
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As Arn expected, the venison tasted tough and dry and unspiced except for salt, which had been liberally applied.
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Jan Guillou |
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If I have any excuse to offer, it is that in here we do not view our neighbours as they do out there.
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Jan Guillou |
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Now Arn remembered and said that this was indeed a vivid memory, but it was also an event that was considerably better to remember than it was at the time.
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Jan Guillou |
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Nova technika stvori noveho, rovnopravnejsiho cloveka. Hovori pro to veskery rozum. Presto je znepokojive, ze se uprostred dobre organizovane moderni spolecnosti mohlo zrodit tolik primitivniho zla.
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Jan Guillou |
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It took a great deal of force and time to deal with these barricades, and victory was elusive.
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Kristina merely laughed at these foolish ideas; it was like letting the cattle out onto a green pasture to milk, slaughter, and finally roast themselves.
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Svenska Dagbladet var inte bara en ursinnigt antisovjetisk publikation, det var ocksa den tidning den svenska motparten anvande mest for att kanalisera sin aktivism; alla dessa standiga bevislosa historier om Sovjetunionens militara aktiviteter runt Sveriges kust.
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science
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For the true victory,neither enemies nor allies don't die without difference
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there's nothing more important than making a faith reasonable
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Erlend also thought that he would undoubtedly make Father Henri very happy with this story, and that his industriousness and exactitude in carrying out this task might also shorten his wait to be admitted as a full brother in the Cistercian order.
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In any case, it couldn't hurt to be the bearer of such marvellous news.
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I see that you are not happy with our command,' said the archbishop. 'No, Your Grace. I've tried to acquit myself well here at the cloister, and I don't mean to boast in any way when I say that, but I can honestly argue that I've done my best,' said Arn, crushed.
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What had happened could not be interpreted any other way.
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It was a clan that they would be wise to count a friend rather than a foe.
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What use do we have from the untruth when we eat together in peace and when each of us has given his word not to harm one another
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At first Father Henri gave an evasive reply to the request and asked instead to be informed of what the laws outside the walls said about lay brother Arn's behavior
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one who builds builds himself strong enough,shall not be attacked
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Do you happen to remember me, young man?' asked the archbishop kindly, surprisingly speaking in French instead of Latin. 'No, Monseigneur, I cannot honestly say that I do,' replied Arn with embarrassment, looking at the ground.
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Actually I had just intended to retaliate, because when we met the first time you chided me for not speaking very good Norse. Well, that jest fell flat, since your French is excellent.
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Because what he couldn't know, what no one at that time could know, was what would happen after the death of old King Sverker.
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Then the parents might be released from their promise. But in that case, the monks at the same time would be placing themselves, knowingly and willingly, above the clearly manifested will of God.
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According to Brother Lucien, such ill-considered conduct could easily cause an illness to go from bad to worse.
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