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When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement… — George Orwell
He writes nothing whose writings are not read. — Martial
This dilettantish inability to comprehend the essential issues of the conduct of production affairs is not only manifested in the writings of Marx and Engels.… — Ludwig von Mises
A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no… — Edith Hamilton
The notion of a rigid separation between church and state has no basis in either the text of the Constitution or the writings of our… — Ron Paul
In the beginning, I want to say something about human greatness. Some time ago, I was reading texts of Kungtse. When I read these texts,… — Bert Hellinger
Steve Sailer gives us the real Barack Obama, who turns out to be very, very different - and much more interesting - than the bland… — John Derbyshire
Bernard Williams has been a distinctive presence on the intellectual scene for more than three decades. . . . His writings do not offer the… — Colin McGinn
In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the… — Margaret Sanger
All my writings may be considered tasks imposed from within, their source was a fateful compulsion. What I wrote were things that assailed me from… — Carl Jung
Of all writings I love only that which is written with blood. Write with blood: and you will discover that blood is spirit. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Each famous author of antiquity whom I recover places a new offence and another cause of dishonor to the charge of earlier generations, who, not… — Petrarch
I hope there is something worthy in my writings and not merely the novelty of a black face associated with the power to rhyme that… — Paul Laurence Dunbar
For many people during many centuries, mankind's history before the coming of Christianity was the history of the Jews and what they recounted of the… — John Roberts
I confess that there is nothing to teach: no religion, no science, no writings which will lead your mind back to Spirit. Today I speak… — Laozi
Men have such a good opinion of themselves, of their mental superiority and intellectual depth; they believe themselves so skilled in discerning the true from… — Al-Ghazali
Apollo without Dionysus may indeed be a well-informed, good citizen but he's a dull fellow. He may even be 'cultured,' in the sense one often… — Jerome Bruner
I myself have read the writings and teachings of the heretics, polluting my soul for a while with their abominable notions, though deriving this benefit:… — Eusebius
For if the mystery concealed of old is made manifest to the Apostles through the prophetic writings, and if the prophets, being wise men, understood… — Origen
And if the New Testament were a collection of secular writings, their authenticity would generally be regarded as beyond all doubt — F. F. Bruce

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