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Henry David Thoreau: The words which...

Henry David Thoreau: The words which...

The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense...

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Michel de Certeau: As a first...

Michel de Certeau: As a first...

As a first approximation, I define belief not as the object of believing (a dogma, a program, etc.) but as the...

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Charlotte Forten Grimke: I wonder that...

Charlotte Forten Grimke: I wonder that...

I wonder that every colored person is not a misanthrope. Surely we have everything to make us hate...

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Michel Foucault: The judges of...

Michel Foucault: The judges of...

The judges of normality are present everywhere. We are in the society of the teacher-judge, the doctor-judge, the...

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Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Hannah Arendt: Total loyalty is...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might...

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John Mortimer: The worst fault...

John Mortimer: The worst fault...

The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed, saying: There is life,...

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George Orwell: Advertising is the...

George Orwell: Advertising is the...

Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.

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Aldous Huxley: It is far...

Aldous Huxley: It is far...

It is far easier to write ten passable effective sonnets, good enough to take in the not too inquiring critic, than...

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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reason respects differences,...

Percy Bysshe Shelley: Reason respects differences,...

Reason respects differences, and imagination the similitudes of things.

Source: In...

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Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Rachel Carson: Every mystery solved...

Every mystery solved brings us to the threshold of a greater one.

Source: In...

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Henri Poincare: Ideas rose in...

Henri Poincare: Ideas rose in...

Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked, so to speak, making a stable...

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Freeman Dyson: A good scientist...

Freeman Dyson: A good scientist...

A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as...

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Alfred Nobel: Hope is nature's...

Alfred Nobel: Hope is nature's...

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

Source: In

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Stanislaw Lec: The first requisite...

Stanislaw Lec: The first requisite...

The first requisite for immortality is death.

Source:
-- Stanislaw Lec, (Mar 6...

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Paul Verlaine: And everything else...

Paul Verlaine: And everything else...

And everything else is just literature

Source: [Et tout le reste est litt?rature];...

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Philip Massinger: I am driven<br>Into...

Philip Massinger: I am driven
Into...

I am driven
Into a desperate strait and cannot steer
A middle course.


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The most imaginative...

The most imaginative...

The most imaginative people are the most credulous, for them everything is possible.

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That one is...

That one is...

That one is learned who has reduced his learning to practice.

Source: In

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This wild emaciated...

This wild emaciated...

This wild emaciated look appeals to some women, though not to many men, who are seldom seen pinning up a Vogue...

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They tell you...

They tell you...

They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it...

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