Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.
Alexander Pope
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Saddam Hussein was a nightmare for the Iraqi people, and his execution marks the end of an era when violence against innocent men, women and children was a means to wealth and power.
Mike Pence
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I’ve got the hottest brand in the world.
Donald Trump
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I don’t fear what will happen, but you just get ahead of yourself, like, ‘Oh my gosh, I wish it would happen now.’
Simone Biles
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I am not handsome or sexy. Of course, it’s not like I am hopeless.
Keanu Reeves
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Negro banks, as a rule, have failed because the people, taught that their own pioneers in business cannot function in this sphere, withdrew their deposits.
Carter G. Woodson
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It is a fine thing to establish one’s own religion in one’s heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing.
D. H. Lawrence
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I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.
Terry Pratchett
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We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
George Bernard Shaw
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Golf is a good walk spoiled.
Mark Twain
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