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You lose only the things you have — Epictetus
It doesn't take much to lose everything, just a little departure from reason — Epictetus
You shouldn't feel sorry for the lifestyle you haven't tasted, but for the one you are about to lose — Thucydides
Those who have experienced good and bad luck many times have every reason to be skeptical of successes — Thucydides
People get into the habit of entrusting the things they desire to wishful thinking, and subjecting things they don't desire to exhaustive thinking — Thucydides
Amassing of wealth is an opportunity for good deeds, not hubris — Thucydides
The modern world is filled with men who hold dogmas so strongly that they do not even know they are dogmas. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
The advantage of modern means of communication is they enable you to worry about things in all of the world — Laurence J. Peter
I'd love to do a modern-day musical that's full of original music. To get your contemporaries to sing and dance without looking foolish and for… — Danny Boyle
My mother was a modern woman with a limited interest in religion. When the sun set and the fast of the Day of Atonement ended,… — Lionel Blue
Tess realized one of the great modern dating sadnesses: everyone is so used to the comforting glow of the computer screen that no one can… — Amelia Gray
Like belief, doubt takes a lot of different forms, from ancient Skepticism to modern scientific empiricism, from doubt in many gods to doubt in one… — Jennifer Michael Hecht
Modern man has not only thrown away Christian theology, he has thrown away the possibility of what our forefathers had as a basis for morality… — Francis Schaeffer
Little Sparta is a garden in the traditional sense. It is perhaps not like other modern gardens, but I think that other times would have… — Ian Hamilton Finlay
The natural tendency of representative government, as of modern civilisation, is towards collective mediocrity: and this tendency is increased by all reductions and extensions of… — John Stuart Mill
The degradation of the sense of symbol in modern society is one of its many signs of spiritual decay. — Thomas Merton
One aspect of modern life which has gone far to stifle men is the rapid growth of tremendous corporations. Enormous spiritual sacrifices are made in… — William O. Douglas
Affirmative action is the most important modern anti-discrimination technique ever instituted in the United States. It is the one tool that has had a demonstrable… — Eleanor Holmes Norton
Modern multiple divorce is rooted in the fact that many are seeking in human relationships what human relationships can never give. Why do they have… — Francis Schaeffer
The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and… — Renata Adler
These slender little people (Homo Habilis), the size of modern 12 year olds, were devoid of fangs and claws and almost certainly slower on foot… — E. O. Wilson
Teams, not individuals, are the fundamental learning unit in modern organizations. This is where the "rubber stamp meets the road"; unless teams can learn, the… — Peter Senge
What is peculiar to modern societies is not that they consigned sex to a shadow existence, but that they dedicated themselves to speaking of it… — Michel Foucault
To be much for God, we must be much with God. Jesus, that lone figure in the wilderness, knew strong crying, along with tears. Can… — Leonard Ravenhill
The favorite device of the devil, ancient and modern, is to force a human being into a more or less artificial class, accuse the class… — W. E. B. Du Bois

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