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He who lets the world, or his own portion of it, choose his plan of life for him, has no need of any other faculty than the apelike one of imitation. He who chooses his plan for himself, employs all his faculties. He must use observation to see, reasoning and judgment to foresee, activity to gather materials for decision, discrimination to decide, and when he has decided, firmness and selfcontrol to hold to his deliberate decision. , John Stuart Mill, On Liberty, 1859, English economist philosopher (1806 1873)
If we could only share our hopes, our dreams, our disappointments, our fears, our achievements, and our discoveries.... the world would be a little kinder and a lot more forgiving., Robert Anthony, Great American Poets 2002,
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so., Lord Chesterfield, (1694 1773)
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Philosophy is to the real world as masturbation is to sex., Karl Marx, German economist Communist political philosopher (1818 1883)
A witty saying proves nothing., Voltaire, French author, humanist, rationalist, satirist (1694 1778)
No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence., Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of US (1856 1924)