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Persistent prophecy is a familiar way of assuring the event. ↗

— George Gissing

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And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday. ↗

— Alfred Doblin

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We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth. ↗

— Jean Giraudoux

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Take it from me, whenever you see a bunch of buggers puttering around talking about truth and beauty and the best way of attacking Ethics, you can bet your sandals it's all because dozens of other poor buggers are doing all the real work around the place. ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#philosophy #work #beauty

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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It is the mind which creates the world around us, and even though we stand side by side in the same meadow, my eyes will never see what is beheld by yours, my heart will never stir to the emotions with which yours is touched. ↗

— George Gissing

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Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#confuse #explicit #frank #line #mind

Duty cannot exist without faith. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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