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The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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It is impossible for capitalists and laborers to have common interests. ↗

— Samuel Gompers

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If you're going to figure something out, study ethics. You can ask What's the answer? What's Right and Wrong? What I learned is that nobody knows the answer and there is no Right and Wrong. So I'm incapable of becoming a fundamentalist because there are no absolutes, there's always a what if. ↗

— Duff Goldman

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No one has yet realized the wealth of sympathy, the kindness and generosity hidden in the soul of a child. The effort of every true education should be to unlock that treasure. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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The higher mental development of woman, the less possible it is for her to meet a congenial male who will see in her, not only sex, but also the human being, the friend, the comrade and strong individuality, who cannot and ought not lose a single trait of her character. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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It is essential that we realize once and for all that man is much more of a sex creature than a moral creature. The former is inherent, the other is grafted on. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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Idealists are foolish enough to throw caution to the winds. They have advanced mankind and have enriched the world. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood? ↗

— Emma Goldman

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