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“Saying is one thing and doing is another”

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This book is a compilation of essays that delve into a wide range of subjects, offering insights and perspectives on diverse topics. more

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Michel de Montaigne

Michel de Montaigne was a French Renaissance philosopher, essayist, and writer. He is considered one of the most significant figures in the history of the essay. Montaigne's work, particularly his book 'Essays', has been influential in the development of modern prose. more

“These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of everyone of its members. Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion. It loves not realities and creators, but names and customs.”

Source: Emerson's Essays: Top Essays

“While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.”

Long Government Running Form Democracy Fragile Stable Long Runs Forms Of Government

Author:Madeleine Albright

“I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?”

Ifs Past Nostalgic

Author:Julie Burchill

“This is what you know about someone you have to hate: he charges you with his crime and castigates himself in you.”

Knows Hate Crime

Author:Philip Roth

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