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Category Archives: Society
Henry David Thoreau Cynical Quote
“What is the use of a house if you haven’t got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Continue reading
Robertson Davies on Society
“There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.” Continue reading
Douglas Adams on Society
“Nothing travels faster than light, with the possible exception of bad news, which follows its own rules” Continue reading
Edgar Watson Howe on Lies
“Americans detest all lies except lies spoken in public or printed lies.” Continue reading
Arthur Schopenhauer Wisdom Quote
“We forfeit three-fourths of ourselves in order to be like other people.” Continue reading
Gilbert K. Chesterton on Education
“Education is simply the soul of a society as it passes from one generation to another.” Continue reading
Oliver Wendell Holmes on the Results of Our Actions
“A hundred years after we are gone and forgotten, those who never heard of us will be living with the results of our actions.” Continue reading
Bertrand Russell on Happiness
“If there were in the world today any large number of people who desired their own happiness more than they desired the unhappiness of others, we could have paradise in a few years.” Continue reading
Benjamin Franklin on Freedom and Security
“He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.” Continue reading
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