Category: philosopher
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
Edmund Burke
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The country that consistently ranks among the highest in educational achievement is Finland. A rich country, but education is free. Germany, education is free. France, education is free.
Noam Chomsky
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I greatly enjoyed the Hawaiian Islands. They are a real little paradise in spite of the influx of Americans who have made it one of their most pleasant ‘centers of resort’: the soft climate and luxuriance of the tropics; the greenness, the fragrance, the flowers – extraordinary flowers covering the tallest trees and turning them into huge bouquets.
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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The first duty of man is to conquer fear; he must get rid of it, he cannot act till then.
Thomas Carlyle
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Truths and roses have thorns about them.
Henry David Thoreau
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Insanity in individuals is something rare – but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
Francis Bacon
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If humans were totally unstructured creatures, they would be… a tool which can properly be shaped by outside forces.
Noam Chomsky
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We are born of love; Love is our mother.
Rumi
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In 1949, China declared independence – an event known in Western discourse as ‘the loss of China’ in the U.S. – with bitter recriminations and conflict over who was responsible for that loss.
Noam Chomsky