Category: philosopher
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Some animals are cunning and evil-disposed, as the fox; others, as the dog, are fierce, friendly, and fawning. Some are gentle and easily tamed, as the elephant; some are susceptible of shame, and watchful, as the goose. Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock.
Aristotle
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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.
Bertrand Russell
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It is better to die than to preserve this life by incurring disgrace. The loss of life causes but a moment’s grief, but disgrace brings grief every day of one’s life.
Chanakya
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He who hath many friends hath none.
Aristotle
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I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.
Francis Bacon
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The western mantra is that Israel seeks negotiations without preconditions, while the Palestinians refuse. The opposite is more accurate.
Noam Chomsky
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
Michel de Montaigne
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The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
George Santayana
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Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being the greatest of all; too much cleverness and too much learning, accompanied with ill bringing-up, are far more fatal.
Plato
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For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain, you lose something else.
Ralph Waldo Emerson