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"You learn more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation."
    -- Aristotle Plato
"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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"Tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border. The United States has become a dumping ground for Mexico and, in fact, for many other parts of the world."
    -- Donald Trump
"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."
    -- Benjamin Franklin
"Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals."
    -- Jim Rohn


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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occured to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.Get Image

Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.Get Image

But all who are not lunitics are agreed about certain things: That it is better to be alive than dead, better to be adequately fed than starved, better to be free than to be a slave. Many people desire these things only for themselves and their friends; they are quite content that their enemies should suffer. These people can be refuted by science: Mankind has become so much one family that we cannot insure our own prosperity except by insuring tGet Image

Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.Get Image

Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.Get Image




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