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“Love! Beyond measure — beyond death — it nearly kills. But one wouldn't have been without it.”

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John Galsworthy was an English novelist known for his profound insights into the social life of late Victorian England. His works often focus on social classes and moral issues, with the Forsyte Saga series being particularly famous. more

“No one is without Christianity, if we agree on what we mean by that word. It is every individual's individual code of behavior by means of which he makes himself a better human being than his nature wants to be, if he followed his nature only. Whatever its symbol - cross or crescent or whatever - that symbol is man's reminder of his duty inside the human race.”

Ifs Men Want Humans Mean Individual Human Beings Race Christianity Duty Behavior Crosses Agree Symbols Code Human Race Reminders Crescent

Author:William Faulkner

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society. The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.”

“The most common form of terrorism in the U.S.A. is that carried on by bulldozers and chain saws.”

Form Common Saws Terrorism Chains Bulldozers

Book:A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness

“If you don’t have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?”

Ifs

Author:Stephen King

“All political theories assume, of course, that most individuals are very ignorant. Those who plead for liberty differ from the rest in that they include among the ignorant themselves as well as the wisest. Compared with the totality of knowledge which is continually utilized in the evolution of a dynamic civilization, the difference between the knowledge that the wisest and that the most ignorant individual can deliberately employ is comparatively insignificant.”

Wells Political Courses Individual Differences Liberty Theory Evolution Civilization Assuming Ignorant Insignificant Wisest Totality Political Theory

Author:Friedrich August von Hayek

“I walked among Shadows, and found a race of furry creatures, dark and clawed and fanged, reasonably manlike, and about as intelligent as a freshman in the high school of your choice-sorry, kids, but what I mean is they were loyal, devoted, honest, and too easily screwed by bastards like me and my brother. I felt like the dee-jay of your choice.”

Mean Kids School Choices Found Felt Dark Race Honest Brother Creatures High School Shadow Intelligent Sorry Like Me My Brother Loyal Devoted Freshman Furry

Author:Roger Zelazny

“People don't pay attention. And then one day there's an accounting. And after that, nothing is the same.”

People Pay Attention One Day Pay Attention Accounting

Author:Cormac McCarthy

“People complain about the bad things that happen to em that they don't deserve but they seldom mention the good. About what they done to deserve them things.”

People Done Happens Deserve Complaining Ems Bad Things

Author:Cormac McCarthy

“Oh, God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe said, "Man, you must be puttin' me on" God said, "No" Abe say, "What?" God say, "You can do what you want, Abe, but The next time you see me comin', you better run" Well, Abe said, "Where d'you want this killin' done?" God said, "Out on Highway 61".”

Men Want Said Done Running Next Can Do Son Killing What You Want Next Time Highways Kill Me Abraham Abe

Author:Bob Dylan

“The organ of perception acts more readily than judgment.”

Judgment Perception Organs

Author:Leonardo da Vinci

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