#elle

A common danger tends to concord. Communism is the exploitation of the strong by the weak. In Communism, inequality comes from placing mediocrity on a level with excellence. ↗

— Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

#common #communism #concord #danger #excellence

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story. ↗

— Annie Proulx

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The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in that sort of excellence, or else there can be no city at all. ↗

— Protagoras

#advice #anyone #athenians #city #else

Like many intellectuals, he was incapable of saying a simple thing in a simple way. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#incapable #intellectuals #like #many #saying

I've seen the teaser trailer for Revenge of the Sith though and I think it will be excellent. ↗

— David Prowse

#i #i think #revenge #seen #think

Egypt is coming back - is becoming - is going to become, you know, a center of excellence for the region and maybe for the rest of the world. ↗

— Hesham Qandil

#become #becoming #center #coming #egypt

The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly harmonised; it is true to life. On the other hand, the intellectual attainments of the mere man of learning are like a large palette, full of all sorts of colours, which at most are systematically arranged, but devoid of harmony, connection and meaning. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#philosophy #life

The world is full of opinions. But I am not searching for opinions, I'm searching for truths. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#attitude #fact #opinions #reality #richelle

I despair of ever writing excellent poetry. ↗

— Isaac Rosenberg

#ever #excellent #i #poetry #writing

Feminism is a political mistake. Feminism is a mistake made by women's intellect, a mistake which her instinct will recognize. ↗

— Valentine de Saint-Point

#her #instinct #intellect #made #mistake