Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.
Khalil Gibran
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There is no force like success, and that is why the individual makes all effort to surround himself throughout life with the evidence of it; as of the individual, so should it be of the nation.
Marcus Garvey
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The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men.
George Eliot
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To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.
Samuel Johnson
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Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.
Jean-Paul Sartre
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Confidence contributes more to conversation than wit.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
Marcus Aurelius
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Opportunities are like sunrises. If you wait too long, you miss them.
William Arthur Ward
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Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.
Jean de la Bruyere
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A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
John C. Maxwell
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