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“Psychology, which explains everything, Explains nothing, And we are still in doubt.”

Book:Complete Poems

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Complete Poems

This book gathers a wide range of poems, showcasing various styles and themes from the author's career. more

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Marianne Moore

American poet known for her unique modernist style and profound philosophical insights. Her poetry is concise and insightful, often exploring themes of nature, art, and the human condition. more

“Life cannot be classified in terms of a simple neurological ladder, with human beings at the top; it is more accurate to talk of different forms of intelligence, each with its strengths and weaknesses. This point was well demonstrated in the minutes before last December's tsunami, when tourists grabbed their digital cameras and ran after the ebbing surf, and all the 'dumb' animals made for the hills.”

“We must not be frightened nor cajoled into accepting evil as deliverance from evil. We must go on struggling to be human, though monsters of abstractions police and threaten us.”

Humans Political Evil Accepting Struggle Goes On Police Monsters Frightened Abstraction Deliverance

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service.”

Age Political Example Mere Knees Customs Refusal Strength Of Character Nonconformity

Book:J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings

Source: J. S. Mill: 'On Liberty' and Other Writings

“No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.”

Eye Economy Quiet Labor Blind Slave Silent Nuclear Chinese Camps Spy Labs Blind Eyes Slave Labor Keeping Silent

Author:Steve Forbes

“Political freedom cannot exist in any land where religion controls the state, and religious freedom cannot exist in any land where the state controls religion.”

States Political Religious Land Religious Freedom Political Freedom

Author:Sam Ervin

“Were we to choose our leaders on the basis of their reading experience and not their political programs, there would be much less grief on earth. I believe ... that for someone who has read a lot of Dickens to shoot his like in the name of an idea is harder than for someone who has read no Dickens.”

Believe Ideas Would Be Earth Political Reading Names I Believe Grief Leader Program Bases Harder Dickens Reading Experience

Author:Joseph Brodsky

“This world is divided roughly into three kinds of nations: those that spend lots of money to keep their weight down; those whose people eat to live; and those whose people don't know where their next meal is coming from.”

People Knows World Kind Political Three Next Nations This World Weight Meals Divided Lots Of Money

Author:David Landes

“If one sins against the laws of proportion and gives something too big to something too small to carry it - too big sails to too small a ship, too big meals to too small a body, too big powers to too small a soul - the result is bound to be a complete upset. In an outburst of hubris the overfed body will rush into sickness, while the jack-in-office will rush into the unrighteousness that hubris always breeds.”

Ifs Giving Soul Body Bigs Law Political Sin Results Office Bounds Ships Upset Meals Proportion Sickness Sail Hubris Outburst Unrighteousness

Author:Plato

“The most civilized people are as near to barbarism as the most polished steel is to rust. Nations, like metals, have only a superficial brilliancy.”

People Political Nations Civilized Metals Steel Superficial Polished Barbarism Rust

Author:Antoine Rivarol

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