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“Despite the theories traditionally taught in high-school social studies, the truth is: the more primitive the society, the more leisured its way of life.”

Way School Social Study Taught Theory Truth Is High School Despite Primitive Social Studies

Book:Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State

Source: Man's Rise to Civilization as Shown by the Indians of North America from Primeval Times to the Coming of the Industrial State

“It's often been said, "Violence never solved anything." The simple truth is that when you are slammed up against the wall and the knife is at your throat, when a circle of teenagers is kicking you as you curl into a ball on the sidewalk, or when the man walks into your office building or school with a pair of guns and starts shooting, only violence, or the reasonable threat of violence, is going to save your life. In the extreme moment, only force can stop force.”

“Truth is, I didn't know what the hell I was doing when I got out of Cal Arts. I think I wasted a lot of time not being bold enough, or still engaged in the questioning that you get into at school.”

Thinking Knows Art Stills Enough School Hell Truth Is Engaged Questioning

Author:David Salle

“Truth is inclusive of all the virtues, is older than sects and schools, and, like charity, more ancient than mankind.”

Truth School Virtue Mankind Truth Is Charity Ancient Sects

Book:Table-talk

Source: Table-talk

“The conclusion to which I am ever more clearly coming is that the only hope of attaining a true system of economics is to fling aside,once and forever, the mazy and preposterous assumptions of the Ricardian school. Our English economists have been living in a fool's paradise. The truth is with the French school, and the sooner we recognize the fact, the better it will be for all the world, except perhaps the few writers who are far too committed to the old erroneous doctrines to allow for renunciation.”

World Has Beens Facts School Forever Fool Truth Is Economics Committed Doctrine Conclusion Assumption Paradise Economist Renunciation Fling

Book:Political Economy

Source: Political Economy

“Speaking of food, English cuisine has received a lot of unfair criticism over the years, but the truth is that it can be a very pleasant surprise to the connoisseur of severely overcooked livestock organs served in lukewarm puddles of congealed grease. England manufactures most of the world's airline food, as well as all the food you ever ate in your junior-high-school cafeteria.”