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This is our purpose: to make as meaningful as possible this life that has been bestowed upon us; to live in such a way that we may be proud of ourselves; to act in such a way that some part of us lives on. ↗

— Oswald Spengler

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That no government, so called, can reasonably be trusted, or reasonably be supposed to have honest purposes in view, any longer than it depends wholly upon voluntary support. ↗

— Lysander Spooner

#called #depends #government #honest #longer

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation. ↗

— Kingman Brewster, Jr.

#expectation #greater #his #relying #satisfaction

I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense. ↗

— Harold Brodkey

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Not addicted to gluttony or drunkenness, this people who incur no expense in food or dress, and whose minds are always bent upon the defence of their country, and on the means of plunder, are wholly employed in the care of their horses and furniture. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#always #bent #care #country #defence

The awareness that health is dependent upon habits that we control makes us the first generation in history that to a large extent determines its own destiny. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

#control #dependent #destiny #determines #extent

As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#dupe #each #general #general rule #love

I use dancing to embellish, extend or enlarge upon an existing emotion. ↗

— Gower Champion

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Nor is it that truly a belief at all which has not some influence upon the actions of him who holds it. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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