"Logic is the technique by which we add conviction to truth."
-Jean de la Bruyere
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"It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues.“
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"The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth."
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"The regeneration of society is the regeneration of society by individual education."
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"The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored."
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"The most positive men are the most credulous."
-Alexander Pope
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-Walter Lippmann
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"No man has any natural authority over his fellow men."
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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-Georg C. Lichtenberg
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"Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions and take that of laborers Unions."
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"Strong women only marry weak men."
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