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"He watches until he feels his intelligence being too rudely insulted or his patience being too arrogantly tested by the commercials..."

— John Updike

Literature1932–2009

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"It may be observed, that provinces amid the vicissitudes to which they are subject, pass from order into confusion, and afterward recur to a state of order again; for the nature of mundane affairs not…"

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Philosophy1449–1527

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"evidence is the only good reason to believe anything"

— Richard Dawkins

Science1941

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"There is a natural right that says that when the state asks you for a third of what you earned through back-breaking work, this seems to you a reasonable demand and you give in. If the state asks you …"

— Silvio Berlusconi

Politics1936–2023

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