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[In] death at least there would be one profit; it would no longer be necessary to eat, to drink, to pay taxes, or to [offend]… — Anton Chekhov
And after your death, when most of you for the first time realize what life here is all about, you will begin to see that… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Flowers that are so pathetic in their beauty, frail as the clouds, and in their coloring as gorgeous as the heavens, had through thousands of… — Thomas de Quincey
Columbus's eggs lie around by the hundreds of thousands, but Columbuses are met with less frequency. — Adolf Hitler
To the masses, the catchwords of Socialism sound so enticing... so they will continue to work for Socialism, helping thereby to bring about the inevitable… — Ludwig von Mises
Try this thought experiment. Pretend you're a tyrant. Among your many liberty-destroying objectives are extermination of blacks, Jews and Catholics. Which would you prefer, a… — Walter E. Williams
A teacher of fear can't bring peace on earth. We have been trying to do it that way for thousands of years. The person who… — Byron Katie
Blacks were not enslaved because they were black but because they were available. Slavery has existed in the world for thousands of years. Whites enslaved… — Thomas Sowell
Now when you cut a forest, an ancient forest in particular, you are not just removing a lot of big trees and a few birds… — E. O. Wilson
The surface of the earth is not simply a stage on which the thousands of present and past inhabitants played their parts in turn. There… — Louis Agassiz
When science, art, literature, and philosophy are simply the manifestation of personality, they are on a level where glorious and dazzling achievements are possible, which… — Simone Weil
I wish that one would be persuaded that psychological experiments, especially those on the complex functions, are not improved [by large studies]; the statistical method… — Alfred Binet
I am weary seeing our laboring classes so wretchedly housed, fed, and clothed, while thousands of dollars are wasted every year over unsightly statues. If… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
They'll sell you thousands of greens. Veronese green and emerald green and cadmium green and any sort of green you like; but that particular green,… — Pablo Picasso
God is Dead; but given the way of men, there may still be caves for thousands of years in which his shadow will be shown.… — Friedrich Nietzsche
A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work… — Kurt Vonnegut
To conquer oneself is a greater victory than to conquer thousands in a battle. — Dalai Lama
I've raced on all seven continents at least twice. I've probably run thousands of races. But the single race that I'm most proud is a… — Dean Karnazes
Every year, an average of 9,200 Americans are murdered by handguns, according to Department of Justice statistics. This does not include suicides or the tens… — Ronald Reagan
The biggest hypocrites on gun control are those who live in upscale developments with armed security guards - and who want to keep other people… — Thomas Sowell

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