Category: philosopher
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The history of philosophy is to a great extent that of a certain clash of human temperaments.
William James
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In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti – France and the United States – combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region.
Noam Chomsky
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Travel stories teach geography; insect stories lead the child into natural science; and so on. The teacher, in short, can use reading to introduce her pupils to the most varied subjects; and the moment they have been thus started, they can go on to any limit guided by the single passion for reading.
Maria Montessori
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I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
Henry David Thoreau
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Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.
Lao Tzu
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A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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It is impossible to love and to be wise.
Francis Bacon
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How to play music may be known. At the commencement of the piece, all the parts should sound together. As it proceeds, they should be in harmony while severally distinct and flowing without break, and thus on to the conclusion.
Confucius
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Woman was always the custodian of human sentiment, morality and honour, and in these respects, man always has yielded woman the palm.
Maria Montessori
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The sky is the part of creation in which nature has done for the sake of pleasing man.
John Ruskin