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Epicurus
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he ...
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Michel Eyquem de Montaigne
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
When I play with my cat, who knows whether she is not amusing herself with me more than I with her.
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Douglas Noel Adams
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
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Aristotle
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
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Albert Einstein
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Larry Niven
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space programme.
The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn't have a space programme.
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Tony Wheeler
Don't worry whether your trip will work out. Just go!
Don't worry whether your trip will work out. Just go!
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson.
The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the large centers has owned the government ever ...
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Hermann Hesse
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile — that is happiness.
To be able to throw one's self away for the sake of a moment, to be able to sacrifice years for a woman's smile — that is happiness.
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Hermann Hesse
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.
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Albert Einstein
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.
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Robert A. Heinlein
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.
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Jonathan Swift
A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
A wise man is never less alone than when he is alone.
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John Ziman
Scientists are those who know more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
Scientists are those who know more and more about less and less until they know everything about nothing.
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Albert Einstein
The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
The distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
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Albert Einstein
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence.
Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not ...
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Albert Einstein
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world.
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Søren Kierkegaard
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
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Paul Gauguin
In Europe men and women have intercourse because they love each other. In the South Seas they love each other because they have had intercourse. Who is right?
In Europe men and women have intercourse because they love each other. In the South Seas they love each other because they have had ...
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