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One defeats a fanatic precisely by not being a fanatic oneself, but on the contrary by using one's intelligence. — George Orwell
The sort of man who likes to spend his time watching a cage of monkeys chase one another, or a lion gnaw its tail, or… — H. L. Mencken
Some determined advocates of the vegetable system maintain, that the teeth and stomach of the monkey correspond, in structure, very closely with that of man,… — Sarah Josepha Hale
In its pursuit of justice for a segment of society, in disregard of the consequences for society as a whole, what is called 'social justice'… — Thomas Sowell
When we forgive someone, we do not forget the hurtful act, as if forgetting came along with the forgiveness package, the way strings come with… — Lewis B. Smedes
The welfare state that is built upon this conception seems to prove precisely away from the conservative conception of authoritative and personal government, towards a… — Roger Scruton
Why would a married couple that lives together every day need to date each other? It's precisely because they live and sleep together. — William J Doherty
Often the children of God cannot rise up to answer the Lord's call to service simply because, though their physical condition is good, their feelings… — Watchman Nee
The consumers suffer when the laws of the country prevent the most efficient entrepreneurs from expanding the sphere of their activities. What made some enterprises… — Ludwig von Mises
A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is. — Robert Farrar Capon
Change is most sluggish at the extremes precisely because the derivative is zero there. — Steven Strogatz
Higgins: I'm an ordinary man, who desires nothing more than just an ordinary chance, to live exactly as he likes, and do precisely what he… — Rex Harrison
A man cannot utter two or three sentences without disclosing to intelligent ears precisely where he stands in life and thought, whether in the kingdom… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The strongest argument for the unmaterialistic character of American life is . . . that we tolerate conditions that are, from a materialistic point of… — Mary McCarthy
To treat programming scientifically, it must be possible to specify the required properties of programs precisely. Formality is certainly not an end in itself. The… — Jim Horning
Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind with… — Plato
Indeed every monad must be different from every other. For there are never in nature two beings, which are precisely alike, and in which it… — Gottfried Leibniz
The Truth that is to be Realized may be summarized simply as the Realization that no matter what is arising, no matter how many others… — Adi Da
For much of my life I floundered under the excuse of "nobody's perfect," the liberating and over-used phrase that affords guys like me the freedom… — Tarek Saab
Precisely in an age when the inviolable rights of the person are solemnly proclaimed and the value of life is publicly affirmed, the very right… — Pope John Paul II

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