#sent

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

#cause #consciousness #falsity #ignorance #inconstancy

Physics does not change the nature of the world it studies, and no science of behavior can change the essential nature of man, even though both sciences yield technologies with a vast power to manipulate the subject matters. ↗

— Pope Paul VI

#both #change #does #essential #even

The obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people. ↗

— Ron Paul

#bringing #economic #liberty #no-win #obligations

A free economy is as essential to society as democratic political institutions. A strong market-based economy is the fertile ground for democratic freedoms that we think are important. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#economy #essential #fertile #free #free economy

It is the potential for economic growth that provides the basis for the development of countries, for bringing to people essential goods and services, such as water to drink and facilities for healthcare. ↗

— Lee R. Raymond

#bringing #countries #development #drink #economic

The worth of a civilization or a culture is not valued in the terms of its material wealth or military power, but by the quality and achievements of its representative individuals - its philosophers, its poets and its artists. ↗

— Herbert Read

#artists #civilization #culture #individuals #material

My own early experiences in war led me to suspect the value of discipline, even in that sphere where it is so often regarded as the first essential for success. ↗

— Herbert Read

#early #essential #even #experiences #first

I have not the slightest doubt that this form of individuation represents a higher stage in the evolution of mankind. ↗

— Herbert Read

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Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them. ↗

— Terry Prachett

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