Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
Edmund Burke
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Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I loved running, but all of a sudden everything hurt so much. I started cycling when Zelda was born.
Robin Williams
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I want trade deals, but they have to be great for the United States and our workers. We don’t make great deals anymore, but we will once I become president.
Donald Trump
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Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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‘Recreative’ is a word that I invented because in urban culture, with colloquialism, we invent so many slangs. I don’t like the way that ‘recreational’ sounds – I don’t like to say I do a lot of ‘recreational’ reading. I like to say that I read ‘recreatively.’ I do a lot of ‘recreative’ reading.
Kevin Gates
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What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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You have to look beyond your known limited experience. Politics should be based on compassion.
Swara Bhaskar
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
Harriet Tubman
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Wonder is the desire for knowledge.
Thomas Aquinas
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