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Famous Sayings Proverbs and Quotations - 7
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Lord Byron, Stanzas to Augusta
In the desert a fountain is springing, In the wide waste there still is a tree,
And a bird in the solitude singing,
Which speaks to my spirit of thee.
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George Orwell
It is a commonplace that the history of civilisation is largely the history of weapons. In particular, the connection between the discovery of gunpowder and the overthrow of feudalism by the bourgeoisie has been pointed out over and over again. And though I have no doubt exceptions can be brought forward, I think the following rule would be found to be generally true that ages in which the dominant weapon is expensive or difficult to make will be ages of despotism, whereas when the dominant weapon is cheap and simple, the common people have a chance. Thus, for example, tanks, battleships and bombing planes are inherently tyrannical weapons, while rifles, muskets, long-bows and hand-grenades are inherently democratic weapons. A complex weapon makes the strong stronger, while a simple weapon --so long as there is no answer to it-- gives claws to the weak.
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S. G. Tallentyre
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.N. B. This quote is commonly attributed to Voltaire, but it is not found in his writing.
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Sigmund Freud
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend till he is unhappy.
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Indira Gandhi
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
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Paul Gauguin
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
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J. Krishnamurti, Beginnings of Learning
In obedience there is always fear, and fear darkens the mind.
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Woody Allen
Is sex dirty? Only if you do it right.
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William Hazlitt, on the Pleasure of Hating
No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.
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Erma Bombeck
In two decades I've lost a total of 789 pounds. I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.
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Unknown
The man who said he never had a chance, never took a chance.
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Henry Ford
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
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