Category: philosopher
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The people who were honored in the Bible were the false prophets. It was the ones we call the prophets who were jailed and driven into the desert.
Noam Chomsky
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Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If it is not right do not do it; if it is not true do not say it.
Marcus Aurelius
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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
Maimonides
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To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.
George Santayana
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
Socrates
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Withdrawal of American troops must be a unilateral act, as the invasion of Vietnam by the American government was a unilateral act in the first place.
Noam Chomsky
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You have power over your mind – not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.
Marcus Aurelius
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Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.
Henry David Thoreau