Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.
Abraham Lincoln
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won’t save us any more than love did.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Time is flying never to return.
Virgil
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Most people’s historical perspective begins with the day of their birth.
Rush Limbaugh
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When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.
Shirley Chisholm
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It occurred to me that at one point it was like I had two diseases – one was Alzheimer’s, and the other was knowing I had Alzheimer’s.
Terry Pratchett
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There are GMO skeptics more in Europe maybe than in other places, but not exclusively.
Bill Gates
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Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I want to be different. If everyone is wearing black, I want to be wearing red.
Maria Sharapova
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