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“The difference between the insane and the not-insane person is that the latter doesn't do or say the things he thinks.”
— Clarice Lispector
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philosophors · 13 hours
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“Education: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.”
— Ambrose Bierce
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“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”
— Carl Jung
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“The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of the common man.”
— William Beveridge
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“The greatest lie ever told about love is that it sets you free.”
— Zadie Smith
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“To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.”
— Henri Poincaré
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“Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten.”
— B. F. Skinner
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“To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.”
— Anatole France
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“Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”
— Thomas Jefferson
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“I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.”
— Leo Rosten
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“The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure much.”
— William Hazlitt
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“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.”
— Henry James
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“I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.”
— Colette
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philosophors · 9 days
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“Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.”
— Baruch Spinoza
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“Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.”
— Otto von Bismarck
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“I suppose it is tempting, if the only tool you have is a hammer, to treat everything as if it were a nail.”
— Abraham Maslow
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“Wherever you come near the human race there's layers and layers of nonsense.”
— Thornton Wilder
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