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Nothing in the universe is contingent, but all things are conditioned to exist and operate in a particular manner by the necessity of the divine nature.
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Baruch Spinoza |
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
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Charles de Montesquieu |
Man's mind is so formed that it is far more susceptible to falsehood than to truth.
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Desiderius Erasmus |
Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain, no party is any fun unless seasoned with folly.
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Desiderius Erasmus |
To become a thoroughly good man is the best prescription for keeping a sound mind and a sound body.
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Francis Bowen |
The truth is cruel, but it can be loved, and it makes free those who have loved it.
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George Santayana |
The Bible is a wonderful source of inspiration for those who don't understand it.
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George Santayana |
The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.
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George Santayana |
The intellectual who wants to do her work properly must today go back to the starting point: the woman whom she knows, and first of all to herself. It is at that level, and at no other, that she ought to begin to think about the world situation.
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Jacques Ellul |
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
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Plutarch |
Ideally a book would have no order in it, and the reader would have to discover his own.
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Raoul Vaneigem |
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.
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Thomas Hobbes |
Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
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William James |
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