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The average European does not seem to feel free until he succeeds in enslaving and oppressing others. ↗

— Bernard Berenson

#does #enslaving #european #feel #free

Though bitter, good medicine cures illness. Though it may hurt, loyal criticism will have beneficial effects. ↗

— Sima Qian

#bitter #criticism #cures #effects #good

I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn. ↗

— Stephanie Beacham

#classes #completely #deaf #early #i

One of the reasons I wanted to teach deaf children was because it made me very sad that they spoke so clumsily and that they moved with less grace that I knew was possible of deaf people. ↗

— Stephanie Beacham

#children #deaf #deaf people #grace #i

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#goes #great #greatness #half #heroes

Time will pass and seasons will come and go. ↗

— Roy Bean

#come and go #go #pass #seasons #time

Mrs Woolf's complaint should be addressed to her creator, who made her, rather than me. ↗

— Cecil Beaton

#complaint #creator #her #made #me

Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired. ↗

— Greg Bear

#also #brilliant #charming #could #friendship

Students rarely disappoint teachers who assure them in advance that they are doomed to failure. ↗

— Sidney Hook

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It is grievous to read the papers in most respects, I agree. More and more I skim the headlines only, for one can be sure what is carried beneath them quite automatically, if one has long been a reader of the press journalism. ↗

— Mary Ritter Beard

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