"When you see some evil you proceed to immediate action, you make an immediate attack to cure the symptom."

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“The spirits that I summoned upI now can't rid myself of.”

“Die Liebe herrscht nicht, aber sie bildet; und das ist mehr!”

“Untersuchen was ist, und nicht was behagt”

“In der Kunst ist das Beste gut genug.”

“Let the noble man Be generous and good, Tirelessly achieving What is just and useful: Let him be a model For those beings whom he surmises.”

“Only mankind Can do the impossible: He can distinguish, He chooses and judges, He can give permanence To the moment.”

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"I don't research anything. If I need something, I'll invent it."

— Mickey Spillane

Literature1918–2006

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"Jenny Lundstrom, who is a human rights officer for Global Human Defence in the Hague, is a tireless advocate for putting an end to the anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh. She notes that according to on…"

— Richard Benkin

Journalism2000

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"No one can suffer for all time. No one will spend all his days on this earth in suffering. Every action brings its own result, and one gets one's opportunities accordingly."

— Sarada Devi

Mathematics1853–1920

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— Neil Faulkner (archaeologist)

Politics1957–2022

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