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That was interesting, to find that it wasn't hunger that caused children to become bullies on the street. The bulliness was already… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
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Before modern man can gain control over the forces that now threaten his very existence, he must resume possession of himself. This… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
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I've noticed that a lot of people do much better when all their resolutions are framed as 'Yes.' Not something like, "I'm… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
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Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
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“literature, in fact, had been concerned with virtues and vices of a perfectly healthy sort, the regular functioning of brains of a… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
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I also came to see that liberalism's superficial optimism concerning human nature caused it to overlook the fact that reason is darkened… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
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Inference is founded upon obvious reasons. Regard to reputation has a less active influence, when the infamy of a bad action is… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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So the technology that does the least alteration of nature, the least harm to other species and systems, and provides the greatest… — Kirkpatrick Sale Copy Share Image
...in the acquisition of this blessing human nature can find no better helper than Love. I declare that it is the duty… — Socrates Copy Share Image
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...It's all sort of dreams and it's all illusion. It's theater; it's not real. We're making up stories, you know, and people… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
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There is a sort of knowledge beyond the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had in conversation; so… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
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![“I haven't deeply considered the matter [...] but if to look truth in the face and not resent it when it's unpalatable, and take human nature as you find it, smiling when it's absurd and grieved without exaggeration when it's pitiful, is to be cynical, then I suppose I'm a cynic. Mostly human…” quote by W. Somerset Maugham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e51/w-somerset-maugham-237_human-nature_i-haven-t-deeply-considered-the-matter-b_484661.jpg)
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