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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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"Libertarians are concerned, first and foremost, with that most valuable of properties, the life of each individual. ... Property rights pertaining to material objects are seen by libertarians as ste…"

— Karl Hess

Literature1923–1994

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"It makes no sense to expect or claim to 'make the invisible visible', or the unknown known, or the unthinkable thinkable. We can draw conclusions about the invisible; we can postulate its existence wi…"

— Gerhard Richter

Art1932

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"Recall the dictum of Rousseau: "It matters little to me whether my pupil is intended for the army, the church, or law. Before his parents chose a calling for him, nature called him to be a man. ... Wh…"

— Robert Maynard Hutchins

Politics1929–1945

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"When Paul Swan claimed to be the most beautiful man in the world, there was no one to dispute him, as had jumped to the Feds, bunions and all, and Ping Bodie had flowed uphill over into the Pacific Le…"

— Ping Bodie

1887–1961

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