There have been poverty, pestilence, and famine, which were due to man's inadequate mastery of nature. There have been wars, oppressions and tortures which have been due to men's hostility to their fellow men.

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Every great idea starts out as a blasphemy.

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To understand the actual world as it is, not as we should wish it to be, is the beginning of wisdom.

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The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd.

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Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.

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dont let the old break you; let the love make you.

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The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.

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The first step in a fascist movement is the combination under an energetic leader of a number of men who possess more than the average share of leisure, brutality, and stupidity. The next step is to fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other.

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No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.

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The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day.

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