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“Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy”

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Aristotle, a renowned Greek philosopher, is one of the founders of Western philosophy. His thoughts covered a wide range of fields, including ethics, logic, politics, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“It's my belief that history is a wheel. 'Inconstancy is my very essence,'? says the wheel. Rise up on my spokes if you like but don't complain when you're cast back down into the depths. Good times pass away, but then so do the bad. Mutability is our tragedy, but it's also our hope. The worst of times, like the best, are always passing away.”

Ifs Belief Worst Essence Tragedy Depth Casts Complaining Passing Passings Wheels Good Times Spokes Passing Away Time Passes Inconstancy Mutability

Author:Boethius

“The wicked have told me of things that delight them, but not such things as your law has to tell.”

Law Delight Wicked

Author:Saint Augustine

“In the usual course of study I had come to a book of a certain Cicero.”

Book Certain Courses Study Usual

Author:Saint Augustine

“Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.”

Reading Subjects Saint Careful Wide Range Scholar Accurate Selection

Book:Policraticus: the statesman's book

Source: Policraticus: the statesman's book

“That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.”

Existence Essence

Author:Avicenna

“This part of optics, when well understood, shows us how we may make things a very long distance off appear as if placed very close, and large near things appear very small, and how we may make small things placed at a distance appear any size we want, so that it may be possible for us to read the smallest letters at incredible distances, or to count sand, or seed, or any sort or minute objects.”

Ifs Want Wells May Long Shows Minutes Objects Understood Letters Distance Incredibles Size Seeds Sand Smallest Small Things Long Distance Optics

Author:Robert Grosseteste

“During the Second World War, the Germans took four years to build the Atlantic Wall. On four beaches it held up the Allies for about an hour; at Omaha it held up the U.S. for less than one day. The Atlantic Wall must therefore be regarded as one of the greatest blunders in military history.”

World Years War Hours Four Military Wall One Day Beach War Of The Worlds Allies Four Years Second World War Blunders Military History Omaha

Author:Stephen Ambrose

“The written word is everything.”

Written Written Word

Book:The Lyric: An Essay

Source: The Lyric: An Essay

“I'm not an education expert, and frankly I don't want to make education decisions for our state. But I am experienced at successfully managing organizations, and putting people on a path where they can succeed.”

People Want States Decision Path Succeed Organization Experts

Author:Linda Lingle

“I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit, and my second deployment was to Kuwait, as a military police platoon leader.”

Firsts Two Leader Military Police Iraq Medical Officers Units Police Officer Deployment Kuwait Military Police

Author:Tulsi Gabbard

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