"Strength is not energy. Some writers have more muscles than talent."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

“Fortunately, when he lacks reason he also lacks words.”

“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”

“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”

“The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them forever.”

“Of what must be said and what must not be said. The importance of knowing.”

Resonant Thoughts

"God gives his servant no source of strength more powerful for him than when He leads him to humiliate himself."

— Dhul-Nun al-Misri

Science796–860

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"Apply whatever force it is necessary to employ, to stop things quickly. The main thing is stop it. The quicker you stop it, the more lives you save."

— Curtis LeMay

Military1906–1990

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"When once enthusiasm has been turned into ridicule, everything is undone except money and power."

— Anne Louise Germaine de Staël

1766–1817

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"When you first become involved in something evil, don't say: 'It will not overpower me.' For to the extent that you are involved you have already been overpowered by it."

— Marcus Eremita

Religion360–430

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