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1822 Stendhal
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
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1814 Pierre-Simon De Laplace
Given for one instant an intelligence that could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated ... an intelligence sufficiently vast to submit these data to analysis ...
Given for one instant an intelligence that could comprehend all the forces by which nature is animated ... an intelligence ...
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1770 Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one.
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1656-12-04 Blaise Pascal
I would have written less, but I didn't have enough time.
I would have written less, but I didn't have enough time.
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1615 Cardinal Bellarmine
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.
To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin.
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Carl Sagan
An extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared to the similarities.
An extraterrestrial visitor examining the differences among human societies would find those differences trivial compared to the ...
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Carl Sagan
We are star stuff harvesting star light.
We are star stuff harvesting star light.
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Mae West
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
When choosing between two evils, I always like to take the one I've never tried before.
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Mahatma Ghandhi
An eye for an eye ends in making everybody blind.
An eye for an eye ends in making everybody blind.
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Chris Hedges
The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.
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Oscar Wilde
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has ...
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George Bernard Shaw
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the vices.
Disobedience, the rarest and most courageous of the virtues, is seldom distinguished from neglect, the laziest and commonest of the ...
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Terry Pratchett
There are different kinds of rules. From the simple comes the complex, and from the complex comes a different kind of simplicity. Chaos is order in a mask.
There are different kinds of rules. From the simple comes the complex, and from the complex comes a different kind of simplicity. ...
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John Adams
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by sword. The other is by debt.
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by sword. The other is by debt.
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Albert Einstein
If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution.
If I had one hour to save the world, I would spend 55 minutes defining the problem and only five minutes finding the solution.
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W. H. Auden
The Ten Commandments consist in observing human behaviour and then inserting a "not".
The Ten Commandments consist in observing human behaviour and then inserting a "not".
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Murray Gell-Mann
Modern education is like being taken to the world's greatest restaurant & being forced to eat the menu.
Modern education is like being taken to the world's greatest restaurant & being forced to eat the menu.
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Richard P. Feynman
I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really is as far as I can tell. It doesn't frighten me.
I don't feel frightened not knowing things, by being lost in a mysterious universe without any purpose, which is the way it really ...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.
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