"And yet in a way I would rather fail point blank. Things one can do have no value. I don't mind feeling small myself, but I dread finding the world is."

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“ntruths are thieves, robbing us of a birthright.”

“It is thought that women inspire by their beauty; more often they do so by their longings.”

“here is a flaw in civilization from the instant it has to admit fear.”

“The heart may think it knows better: The senses know that absence blots people out. We have really no absent friends.”

“Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.”

“Cicero, in invoking the law of heaven, invoked what was by nature of heaven: law — inviolable principle, better than the vacillating gods.”

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"There are two seas in Palestine. One is fresh, and fish are in it. Splashes of green adorn its banks. Trees spread their branches over it and stretch out their thirsty roots to sip of its healing wate…"

— Bruce Fairchild Barton

Politics1886–1967

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"If Hitler had not thrown the Communists into camps in 1933, there would have been civil war and bloodshed. The Communists would have revolted against the legally-elected government. The greatest dange…"

— Karl Dönitz

Politics1891–1980

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"The Six Enneads translated into English by Stephen MacKenna and B.S. Page"

— Plotinus

Philosophy205–270

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"I do not endorse them - never have. The SOBs have already sued me once. I'm afraid to tell you what I really think about them because I'm not covered by any lawyers like I was when I wrote my book."

— Margaret Singer

Psychology1921–2003

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