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To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. ↗

— Will Durant

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Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down. ↗

— Malcolm De Chazal

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The family is a court of justice which never shuts down for night or day. ↗

— Malcolm De Chazal

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When liberty becomes license, dictatorship is near. ↗

— Will Durant

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Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle. ↗

— Will Durant

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Nature has never read the Declaration of Independence. It continues to make us unequal. ↗

— Will Durant

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Truth always originates in a minority of one, and every custom begins as a broken precedent. ↗

— Will Durant

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No other human being, no woman, no poem or music, book or painting can replace alcohol in its power to give man the illusion of real creation. ↗

— Marguerite Duras

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In fact, we started off with two or three different shells and the shell had life of its own. ↗

— Ken Thompson

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Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard. ↗

— Will Durant

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