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Confucius


To be able to practice five things everywhere under heaven constitutes perfect virtue...They are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness.

Confucius


To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn't know what one doesn't know, there lies true wisdom.

Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Science and Scientism"


Formerly, when religion was strong and science weak, men mistook magic for medicine; now, when science is strong and religion weak, men mistake medicine for magic.

Hesiod


Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Jose Ortega y Gasset


Love is that splendid triggering of human vitality... the supreme activity which nature affords anyone for going out of himself toward someone else.

Mark Twain, Following the Equator


The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession, what there is of it.

Henry Adams


Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

David Russell


The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn.

Fernando Botero, Columbian painter and sculptor


I describe in a realistic form a nonrealistic reality.

Unknown


A stitch in time would have confused Einstein.

Ruben Studdard


People don't have to like or support you, so you always have to say thank you.

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Lesson Quotes

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 21:36:00 +0000
When you make a mistake, don’t look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power. - Phyllis Bottome
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6 Singular Quotes

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:58:00 +0000
I will not go so far as to say that to construct a history of thought without profound study of the mathematical ideas of successive epochs is like omitting Hamlet from the play which is named after him. . . But it is certainly analogous to cutting out the part of Ophelia. This simile is ...]

Quotes about Architecture

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 21:02:00 +0000
All architecture is great architecture after sunset perhaps architecture is really a nocturnal art, like the art of fireworks. - Gilbert Keith Chesterton
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Enlighten

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 21:10:00 +0000
Enlightened people seldom or never possess a sense of responsibility. - George Orwell
Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world. - Karl Kraus
In order to deserve, we must pay our dues and steadily work for perfection. We must relish in struggle, and relinquish pride. ...]

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