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Ernest Renan: In morals, truth...

Ernest Renan: In morals, truth...

In morals, truth is but little prized when it is a mere sentiment, and only attains its full value when realized in...

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Ernest Renan: He whom God...

Ernest Renan: He whom God...

He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by...

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Bertrand Russell: Real life is,...

Bertrand Russell: Real life is,...

Real life is, to most men, a long second-best, a perpetual compromise between the ideal and the possible; but the...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: What separates two...

Friedrich Nietzsche: What separates two...

What separates two people most profoundly is a different sense and degree of cleanliness.

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Friedrich Nietzsche: One should die...

Friedrich Nietzsche: One should die...

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

Source: In...

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Friedrich Nietzsche: To die proudly...

Friedrich Nietzsche: To die proudly...

To die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly. Death of one's own free choice, death at the proper...

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George Meredith: Much benevolence of...

George Meredith: Much benevolence of...

Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon...

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Helen Hunt Jackson: The mighty are...

Helen Hunt Jackson: The mighty are...

The mighty are brought low by many a thing
Too small to name. Beneath the daisy's disk
Lies hid the pebble for...

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Robert Graves: One gets to...

Robert Graves: One gets to...

One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different...

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C P Snow: Literary intellectuals at...

C P Snow: Literary intellectuals at...

Literary intellectuals at one pole -- at the other scientists. Between the two a gulf of mutual...

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Willa Cather: A child's attitude...

Willa Cather: A child's attitude...

A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude.

Source: The Song of...

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Arthur Schopenhauer: Politeness is to...

Arthur Schopenhauer: Politeness is to...

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Source: In The Book of...

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Friedrich Engels: The state is...

Friedrich Engels: The state is...

The state is not 'abolished', it withers away.

Source: Anti-Duhring.
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Bernard Mandeville: The only thing...

Bernard Mandeville: The only thing...

The only thing of weight that can be said against modern honour is that it is directly opposite to religion. The one...

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Otto Weininger: Fate determines many...

Otto Weininger: Fate determines many...

Fate determines many things, no matter how we struggle.

Source: In Webster's...

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Karl Popper: Good tests kill...

Karl Popper: Good tests kill...

Good tests kill flawed theories; we remain alive to guess again.

Source: In The...

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Arthur Wellesley: Next to a...

Arthur Wellesley: Next to a...

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

Source: In...

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Marcus Garvey: I read Up...

Marcus Garvey: I read Up...

I read Up From Slavery and then my dream -- if I may so call it -- of being a race leader...

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Fidel Castro: I began revolution...

Fidel Castro: I began revolution...

I began revolution with 82 men. If I had [to] do it again, I'd do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not...

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Jefferson Davis: Neither current events...

Jefferson Davis: Neither current events...

Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.

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