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“And we forget because we must and not because we will.”

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Matthew Arnold was an English poet, born on December 24, 1822, and died on April 15, 1888. His poetry is known for its profound philosophy and admiration for nature. more

“As a poodle may have his hair cut long or his hair cut short, as he may be trimmed with pink ribbons or with blue ribbons, yet he remains the same old poodle, so capitalism may be trimmed with factory laws, tenement laws, divorce laws and gambling laws, but it remains the same old capitalism. These "humanitarian parts" are only trimming the poodle. Socialism, one and inseparable with its "antirent and anticapital parts," means to get rid of the poodle.”

May Mean Long Law Cutting Hair Capitalism Blue Remains Divorce Humanitarian Socialism Gambling Factories Inseparable Ribbons Poodles Trimming Hair Cut Tenements

Author:Daniel De Leon

“Many of the narratives can only tend to excite ideas the worst calculated for a female breast: Every thing is called plainly and roundly by its name; and the annals of a Brothel would scarcely furnish a greater choice of indecent expressions. Yet this is the Book, which young Women are recommended to study.”

Book Ideas Young Choices Names Study Greater Worst Expression Female Narrative Breasts Young Women Brothels

Book:The Monk

Source: The Monk

“We change for the good so long as good exists around us.”

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Book:Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future

Source: Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future

“Time and space are absolute. Diseases are evil spirits that inhabit the body. Parallel lines never meet. The earth is the center of the universe. Children are miniature adults. At one time in history each of these beliefs was generally held to be true. Each, however, gave way to different ideas and even different world views.”

Source: Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future

“Like Adam, formed from clay, children are formed from the biological material of which they are made or by the hands of their parents.”

Children Made Hands Parent Materials Adam Clay

Book:Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future

Source: Altering Fate: Why the Past Does Not Predict the Future

“I'd stumbled into a job at Salomon Brothers in 1985, and stumbled out, richer, in 1988, and even though I wrote a book about the experience, the whole thing still strikes me me as totally preposterous-which is one reason the money was so easy to walk away from.”

Stills Book Reason Whole Jobs Easy Walks Brother Strikes

Book:The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

“I confess some part of me thought, If only I'd stuck around, this is the sort of catastrophe I might have created.”

Ifs Might Stuck Catastrophe

Book:The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

“A thought crossed his mind: How do you make poor people feel wealthy when wages are stagnant? You give them cheap loans.”

People Giving Feels Mind Poor Wealthy Wages Poor People Loan Stagnant

Book:The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

“A credit default swap was confusing mainly because it wasn't really a swap at all. It was an insurance policy, typically on a corporate bond, with semiannual premium payments and a fixed term.”

Term Policy Credit Corporate Fixed Confusing Payment Default Premium Insurance Policy Credit Default Swap Corporate Bond

Book:The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

Source: The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine (movie tie-in)

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