"What about what he lives for, Squire? Isn't that the true measure of a man, what he lives for?"

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“You can't make cheese from rats. … It's hard enough just milking the little beggars.”

“Don't cook that chicken - it still has feathers.”

“I said I'd make ye a man, Jim - but damme if ye didn't go and do it behind my back when I were watching elsewhere.”

“Just because you’re living in blissful oblivion doesn’t mean you’re not responsible.”

“People who are intolerant, categorize and over-react... should all be dragged against a wall and shot.”

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"The ultimate aim of historical writing is the bringing before us the whole truth."

— Leopold von Ranke

Literature1795–1886

#truth

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— John Selden

Mathematics1584–1654

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— Carlos Castaneda

Religion1925–1998

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"They say there is a young lady in who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes …"

— Jonathan Edwards (theologian)

Philosophy1703–1758

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