Category: philosopher
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He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
Lao Tzu
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In books lies the soul of the whole past time.
Thomas Carlyle
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If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
Maria Montessori
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Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible as they grow older.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else.
Noam Chomsky
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Almost all of our sorrows spring out of our relations with other people.
Arthur Schopenhauer
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Free speech has been used by the Supreme Court to give immense power to the wealthiest members of our society.
Noam Chomsky
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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
Aristotle
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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.
Niccolo Machiavelli
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And what, Socrates, is the food of the soul? Surely, I said, knowledge is the food of the soul.
Plato