"What distinguishes an argument from a play upon words, is that the latter cannot be translated."

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“The individual is nothing, society is everything" .”

“The reader collaborates with the author in every book", or "The reader is co-author in every book”

“Young men in meetings put in common nothing but their mediocrity.”

“A strange rage this modern mania to give a common manner to all minds and to destroy individuality.”

“There is no reality for me but pure thought. Minds alone are interesting.”

“Reality, it cannot be repeated too often, varies with every one of us.”

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"Religiosity distinguishes America from most other Western societies. Americans are also overwhelmingly Christian, which distinguishes them from many non-Western peoples. Their religiosity leads Americ…"

— Samuel P. Huntington

Education1927–2008

#leadership

"He marvelled again at the effect of projection: how hostile Henry had seemed to him when Patrick was hostile towards everyone; how considerate he seemed now that Patrick had no argument with him. What…"

— Edward St. Aubyn

Literature1837–1914

#humor

"Many words have no legal meaning. Others have a legal meaning very unlike their ordinary meaning. For example, the word 'daffydown-dilly.' It is a criminal libel to call a lawyer a daffy-down-dilly. H…"

— Dorothy L. Sayers

Literature1893–1957

#justice

"I cannot keep silent, nor would it be proper, so many favours and graces has the Lord deigned to bestow on me in the land of my captivity. For after chastisement from God, and recognizing him, our way…"

— Saint Patrick

Religion385–461

#beauty