Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.
Aristotle
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Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.
Plato
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Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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You know you’re old if they have discontinued your blood type.
Phyllis Diller
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Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.
John Lennon
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Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
Napoleon Hill
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Human beings are the only animals of which I am thoroughly and cravenly afraid.
George Bernard Shaw
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It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
Theodore Roosevelt
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We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Kids are born curious about the world. What adults primarily do in the presence of kids is unwittingly thwart the curiosity of children.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
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