Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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I’m a fighting man, a fighting man with generations of fighting men before me in my family. That’s all we do: we fight.
Tyson Fury
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It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
Benjamin Franklin
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In defense of our persons and properties under actual violation, we took up arms. When that violence shall be removed, when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, hostilities shall cease on our part also.
Thomas Jefferson
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It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.
Noam Chomsky
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Great emergencies and crises show us how much greater our vital resources are than we had supposed.
William James
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Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Force and fraud are in war the two cardinal virtues.
Thomas Hobbes
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The truth is of course is that there is no journey. We are arriving and departing all at the same time.
David Bowie
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
Aristotle
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Once I understood Bach’s music, I wanted to be a concert pianist. Bach made me dedicate my life to music, and it was that teacher who introduced me to his world.
Nina Simone
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