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- Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and we have come…
- The famous balance of nature is the most extraordinary of all cybernetic systems. Left to itself, it is always self-regulated.
- Not to have known - as most men have not - either the mountain or the desert is not to have known one's self. Not…
- The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism, but February.... Spring is too far away to comfort even by…
- In history as it comes to be written, there is usually some Spirit of the Age which historians can define, but the shape of things…
- The most important part of our lives-our sensations, emotions, desires, and aspirations-takes place in a universe of illusions which science can attenuate or destroy, but…
- It is disastrous to own more of anything than you can possess, and it is one of the most fundamental laws of human nature that…
- Few people have ever seriously wished to be exclusively rational. The good life which most desire is a life warmed by passions and touched with…
- Both the cockroach and the bird would get along very well without us, although the cockroach would miss us most.
- The most serious charge which can be brought against New England is not Puritanism but February.
- Nature takes no account of even the most reasonable of human excuses.
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- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion. — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. — Aristotle
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- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
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- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly. — Paul Auster