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- There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to end it.
- The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution providing a species with an…
- The principle that the end justifies the means is and remains the only rule of political ethics; anything else is just a vague chatter and…
- In the social equation, the value of a single life is nil; in the cosmic equation, it is infinite... Not only communism, but any political…
- The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition. Such intuitions give the appearance of miraculous flushes, or…
- The 'gallows' are not only a symbol of death, but also a symbol of cruelty, terror and irreverence for life; the common denominator of primitive…
- Our Press and our schools cultivate Chauvinism, militarism, dogmatism, conformism and ignorance. The arbitrary power of the Government is unlimited, and unexampled in history; freedom…
- Faith is a wondrous thing; it is not only capable of moving mountains, but also of making you believe that a herring is a race…
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- Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. — Aristotle
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- Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. — Aristotle
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