Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Aristotle
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The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.
Ronald Reagan
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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying.
Oscar Wilde
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There are always people that are misbehaving.
Amy Klobuchar
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The Democrats do fine in presidential elections; their problem is they can’t get out the vote in the midterm elections.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Paris is always a good idea.
Audrey Hepburn
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Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
H. L. Mencken
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All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbor as yourself.
Jesus Christ
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You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that’s what you’ll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
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