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Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“Never do your enemy a minor injury.”

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Niccolò Machiavelli was an Italian historian, political theorist, and philosopher who lived during the Renaissance. He is best known for his book 'The Prince,' which delves into the concepts of power, political tactics, and the art of rule. more

“Everything we know has its origin in questions. Questions, we might say, are the principal intellectual instruments available to human beings. Then how is it possible that no more than one in one hundred students has ever been exposed to an extended and systematic study of the art and science of question-asking? How come Alan Bloom did not mention this, or E. D. Hirsh, Jr., or so many others who have written books on how to improve our schools? Did they simply fail to notice that the principal intellectual instrument available to human beings is not examined in school?”

Knows Men Humans Art Book Might School Human Beings Study Failing Written Students Intellectual Hundred Asking Instruments Available Exposed Principal Systematic Art And Science

Author:Alfred A. Knopf, Sr.

“Taken as a story of human achievement, and human blindness, the discoveries in the sciences are among the great epics.”

Humans Stories Taken Achievement Discovery Epic Blindness

Book:Reflections on the resonances of physics history

Source: Reflections on the resonances of physics history

“When I sing for myself, I probably sing for anyone who has any kind of hurt, any kind of bad feelings, good feelings, ups and downs, highs and lows, that kind of thing.”

Kind Feelings Hurt Lows Feel Good Ups & Downs Good Feeling Highs And Lows

Author:Etta James

“We may anticipate a state of affairs in which two Great Powers will each be in a position to put an end to the civilization and life of the other, though not without risking its own. We may be likened to two scorpions in a bottle, each capable of killing the other, but only at the risk of his own life.”

May Two Ends States Risk Position Civilization Capable Killing Affair Bottles Anticipate Great Power Scorpions

Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer

“What will people of the future think of us? Will they say, as Roger Williams said of the Massachusetts Indians, that we were wolves with the minds of men? Will they think that we resigned our humanity? They will have the right.”

People Thinking Men Mind Said Humanity Roger Massachusetts Resigned

Book:Science and Government

Source: Science and Government

“Father is my Defender (Hero). Mother is my Teacher. Sister is my Counselor. Wife is my Savior. Children are my Fighters. Then what is the role of my Friend? Friend is my Motivator in life.”

Children Mother Father Roles Teacher Wife Hero My Friends Fighter Savior Defenders Counselor

Author:Sandeep Kumar

“President Numeiri of Sudan is said to have remarked of Gadaffi that he was 'a man with a split personality - both of them evil'.”

Men Said Evil President Personality Splits Sudan Split Personality

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“... laughter is cathartic and cleansing, that it's good for the body and the soul, and when it's real it's better than sex.”

Real Soul Body Sex Laughter Cleansing Cathartic

Book:The Saving Graces: A Novel

Source: The Saving Graces: A Novel

“Who can keep us from recreating our life as we would like it to be-as it could, and should be? No one but ourselves can keep us from being artists, rather than marching forward like mere consumers, corporate robots, sheep. No one but ourselves can keep us from dancing with life instead of goose-stepping. In every moment recognizing our own creative imagination, the living picture we paint on the canvas of our lives. Everything is imagination. And imagination is freedom, but it can also be conditioning, bondage.”

“Ethical progress is the only cure for the damage done by scientific progress.”

Done Progress Cures Damage Ethical Scientific Progress

Book:Imagined World

Source: Imagined World

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