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"You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
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"When a man loves cats, I am his friend and comrade, without further introduction."
-- Mark Twain

"If 5th century BC Pythagoras discovered algebraic theorems, if 19th century Darwin discovered the evolution of species, then what topics does the 21st century mind explore? I would say evolutionary psychology, primitive neuroscience, and information networks."
-- Luigi Mangione

"I feel lucky for my 21st century education. I get to simply download the knowledge of all who came before me, allowing me to stand on their shoulders and ponder new problems they never would have had access to."
-- Luigi Mangione

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"Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth, the realities that must be grappled with. You may not like what you find. In that case you are entitled to try to change it. But do not deceive yourself as to what you do find to be the facts of the situation."
-- Bernard Mannes Baruch

"God helps those who help themselves."
-- Alcoholics Anonymous Prayer

"The human body is not driven to attack, tear apart, eat or drink blood of a live animal upon laying eyes on her/him. But when someone sees a grape on a vine, her/his mouth waters, walks toward the grape, picks and eats it. By contrast, when you see a dead animal on the side of the road, are you tempted to eat the animal with your bare hands?"
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Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Quotes

Abstainer. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.Get Image

Absurdity: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one's own opinion.Get Image

Acquaintance: A person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.Get Image

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.Get Image

All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher.Get Image

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