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176 In our play we reveal what kind of people we are. Ovid 2 5 months 2 weeks ago
177 The possible ranks higher than the actual. Martin Heidegger 2 5 months 2 weeks ago
178 To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish. Sa'di 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
179 Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo. Ovid 14 5 months 2 weeks ago
180 There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved. Charles Darwin 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
181 Faith is the path of least resistance. Match Point (movie) 1 5 months 2 weeks ago
182 How peaceful life would be without love, how safe, how tranquil. And how dull. The Name of the Rose (movie) 1 5 months 2 weeks ago
183 The amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change. C. Northcote Parkinson 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
184 Theories are cheap; proof is precious. (unknown) 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
185 Freedom is not 'choosing between black and white', but to avoid such predetermined choice. (unknown) 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
186 Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted. (unknown) 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
187 A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1 5 months 2 weeks ago
188 Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes. Voltaire 1 5 months 2 weeks ago
189 It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion. Voltaire 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
190 Man is free at the moment he wishes to be. Voltaire 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
191 None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
192 All our history . . . is no more than accepted fiction. Voltaire 1 5 months 2 weeks ago
193 Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith. I consider the capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 2 5 months 2 weeks ago
194 Nations and empires flourish and decay, By turns command, and in their turns obey. Ovid 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
195 The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease. Voltaire 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
196 If God created us in his own image, we have more than reciprocated. Voltaire 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
197 There is nothing more dangerous than a shallow thinking compassionate person. Garrett Hardin 3 5 months 2 weeks ago
198 It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. Voltaire 0 5 months 2 weeks ago
199 Nothing is more powerful than habit. Ovid 1 5 months 2 weeks ago
200 We like a man to come right out and say what he thinks - if we agree with him. Mark Twain 0 5 months 2 weeks ago

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