"A frightening thing, which is perhaps true: "old men want to survive."

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“All these philosophers are no more than surgeons.”

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

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

“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.”

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"No matter how much you plan for it, the real thing seems curiously, well, unreal."

— Gregory Benford

Science1941

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"She said I was afraid of success, which may in fact be true, because I have a feeling that fufilling my potential would really cut into my sittin' around time."

— Maria Bamford

Entertainment1970

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"My fifth principle is...to acknowledge the equal rights of all nations. You may sympathize with one nation more than another. Nay, you must sympathize in certain circumstances with one nation more tha…"

— William Ewart Gladstone

Politics1809–1898

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"I am almost inclined to set it up as a canon that a children's story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children's story. The good ones last. A waltz which you can like only when you are waltz…"

— C. S. Lewis

Literature1925–1954

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