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I write to understand as much as to be understood. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

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The nervous system and the automatic machine are fundamentally alike in that they are devices, which make decisions on the basis of decisions they made in the past. ↗

— Norbert Wiener

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We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. ↗

— Elie Wiesel

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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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