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Napoleon Bonaparte
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
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Björk
The Buddhists say we come back as animals and they refer to them as lesser beings. Well, animals aren't lesser beings, they're just like us. So I say fuck the Buddhists.
The Buddhists say we come back as animals and they refer to them as lesser beings. Well, animals aren't lesser beings, they're just ...
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Life happens too fast for you to ever think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing information.
Life happens too fast for you to ever think about it. If you could just persuade people of this, but they insist on amassing ...
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Aesop
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Ernest Hemingway
But in modern war, you die like a dog for no good reason.
But in modern war, you die like a dog for no good reason.
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Samuel Johnson
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
Marriage: A friendship recognized by the police.
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Ovid
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
What is allowed us is disagreeable, what is denied us causes us intense desire.
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Voltaire
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
It is one of the superstitions of the human mind to have imagined that virginity could be a virtue.
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Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
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Desmond Tutu
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we ...
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Carl Sagan
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.
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Ovid
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.
Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo.
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Gilbert Keith Chesterton
The modern habit of saying, "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" - the habit of saying this is mere weak mindedness.
The modern habit of saying, "Every man has a different philosophy; this is my philosophy and it suits me" — the habit of saying this ...
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Voltaire
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.
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Ovid
Do not let too strong a light come into your bedroom. There are in a beauty a great many things which are enhanced by being seen only in a half-light.
Do not let too strong a light come into your bedroom. There are in a beauty a great many things which are enhanced by being seen ...
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Mark Twain
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either.
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Germaine Greer
By the act of marriage you endorse all the ancient and dead values. You endorse things like monogamy. Lifelong monogamy is a maniacal idea.
By the act of marriage you endorse all the ancient and dead values. You endorse things like monogamy. Lifelong monogamy is a ...
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