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Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
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21h ago
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Letter (1903-04-13) to Lucy Donnelly - Russell, Bertrand | WIST Quotations Quotations
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Wherever one finds oneself inclined to bitterness, it is a sign of emotional failure: a larger heart, and a greater self-restraint, would put a calm autumnal sadness in the place of the instinctive outcry of pain. Collected in his Autobiography, Vol. 1: 1872-1914, ch. 6 "'Principia Mathematica'" (1967).
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17h ago
From wist.info
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We should note that games are not games for children but are to be judged as the most serious things they do. [De vray il faut noter, que les jeux des enfants ne sont pas jeux: & les faut juger en eux, comme leurs plus serieuses actions.] (Source (French)). Alternate…
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9h ago
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Law never made men a whit more just; and, by means of their respect for it, even the well-disposed are daily made the agents of injustice. A common and natural result of an undue respect for the law is, that you may see a file of soldiers, colonel, captain, corporal,…
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17h ago
From blogspot.com
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“A good wife always forgives her husband when she’s wrong.” — Rodney Dangerfield
13h ago
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
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The world has a way of guiding your steps. — Robin Wall Kimmerer
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on Feb 14
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Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets...
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on Nov 14, 2023