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John Aubrey: The parliament intended...

John Aubrey: The parliament intended...

The parliament intended to have hanged him; and he expected no less, but resolved to be hanged with the Bible under...

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Carl Sagan: The gears of...

Carl Sagan: The gears of...

The gears of poverty, ignorance, hopelessness and low self-esteem interact to create a kind of perpetual failure...

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Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

Stephen Leacock: A half truth,...

A half truth, like half a brick, is always more forcible as an argument than a whole one. It carries...

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Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Sarah Louise Delany: Life is short,...

Life is short, and it's up to you to make it sweet.

Source: In Words to Make My...

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Allan Bloom: We are like...

Allan Bloom: We are like...

We are like ignorant shepherds living on a site where great civilizations once flourished. The shepherds play with...

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Catharine Esther Beecher: As if reasoning...

Catharine Esther Beecher: As if reasoning...

As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is...

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Gilbert Highet: The aim of...

Gilbert Highet: The aim of...

The aim of those who try to control thought is always the same. They find one single explanation of the world, one...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: Universities should be...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: Universities should be...

Universities should be safe havens where ruthless examination of realities will not be distorted by the aim to please...

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Kingman Brewster, Jr: If I take...

Kingman Brewster, Jr: If I take...

If I take refuge in ambiguity, I assure you that it's quite conscious.

Source: On...

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Martha Carey Thomas: It is the...

Martha Carey Thomas: It is the...

It is the next step forward on the path to the sunrise, and the sun is rising over a new heaven and a new...

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Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

Anzia Yezierska: When I only...

When I only begin to read, I forget I'm on this world. It lifts me on wings with high...

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Orson Scott Card: Humanity does not...

Orson Scott Card: Humanity does not...

Humanity does not ask us to be happy. It merely asks us to be brilliant on its behalf. Survival first, then happiness...

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Betty Smith: The difference between...

Betty Smith: The difference between...

The difference between rich and poor is that the poor do everything with their own hands and the rich hire hands to do...

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Ariel Durant: The conservative who...

Ariel Durant: The conservative who...

The conservative who resists change is as valuable as the radical who proposes it.

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Daniel Defoe: The best of...

Daniel Defoe: The best of...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late.


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Jean Genet: What we need...

Jean Genet: What we need...

What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.

Source: The Blacks, 1959.
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Georg Hegel: It is a...

Georg Hegel: It is a...

It is a matter of perfect indifference where a thing originated; the only question is: Is it true in and for...

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Jiddu Krishnamurti: What is needed,...

Jiddu Krishnamurti: What is needed,...

What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear;...

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J R R Tolkien: All that is...

J R R Tolkien: All that is...

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.

Source: The...

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Jeremy Collier: How many feasible...

Jeremy Collier: How many feasible...

How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly...

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