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Tu Fu — China
Green cedar leaves and gorgeous sun-glow May be food for the immortals, but not for men
Green cedar leaves and gorgeous sun-glow
May be food for the immortals, but not for men;
The world is tough and real, my road ...
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Antonio Machado
Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.
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Antonio Machado
Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.
Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.
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T.S. Eliot
We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring Will be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the ...
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W. H. Auden
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one; Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun; Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood. For nothing now can ever come to any good.
The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the ...
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Charles August Lindbergh
Under the Federal Reserve Act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked out as we figure a mathematical equation.
Under the Federal Reserve Act, panics are scientifically created. The present panic is the first scientifically created one, worked ...
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Charles Lindbergh
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.
Success is not measured by what a man accomplishes, but by the opposition he has encountered, and the courage with which he ...
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Richard Dawkins
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction.
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, ...
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Woodrow Wilson
No longer a Government of free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and vote of the majority, but a Government by the opinion and duress of small groups of dominant men.
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world - no longer ...
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Howard Zinn
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience.
Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is that numbers of people all over the world have ...
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Frank Zappa
To hang all this desperate sociology on the idea of The Cloud-Guy who has The Big Book, who knows if you've been bad or good- and cares about any of it — to hang it all on that, folks, is the chimpanzee part of the brain working.
If you want to get together in any exclusive situation and have people love you, fine — but to hang all this desperate sociology on ...
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Leonardo da Vinci
But those who dare to fall in love with practice without science, or with science without practice, are like the sailor who steers a vessel with neither rudder nor compass and no idea of where to go.
The idea is a vessel. Science is the compass. Skill is the rudder. But those who dare to fall in love with practice without science, ...
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(French proverb)
Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love.
Love is the dawn of marriage, and marriage is the sunset of love.
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Anton Chekhov
Any idiot can face a crisis. It's the day-to-day living that wears you out.
Any idiot can face a crisis. It's the day-to-day living that wears you out.
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George Bernard Shaw
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
What an optimistic animal man is! Imagine expecting the species to last for ten million more years - as though people were as well-designed as turtles!
What an optimistic animal man is! Imagine expecting the species to last for ten million more years - as though people were as ...
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Philip Kindred Dick
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
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Arthur Koestler
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual.
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Henry Louis Mencken
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.
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