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That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons that history has to teach.
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Posted by: Giuseppe Giorgio
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An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.
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Posted by: Cheope
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All that is transitory is but a metaphor.
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There is strong shadow where there is much light.
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Posted by: asterisco
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Experience has two things to teach; the first is that we must correct a great deal; the second, that we must not correct too much.
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We do not succeed in changing things according to our desire, but gradually our desire changes. The situation that we hoped to change because it was intolerable becomes unimportant. We have not managed to surmount the obstacle, as we were absolutely determined to do, but life has taken us round it, led us past it, and then if we turn round to gaze at the remote past, we can barely catch sight of it, so imperceptible has it become.
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The spirit of truth and the spirit of freedom -- they are the pillars of society.
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Home life ceases to be free and beautiful as soon as it is founded on borrowing and debt.
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An invasion of armies can be resisted but not an idea whose time has come.
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Decisions are a way of defining one's self. They're the way to give life and meaning to dreams. They're the way to make us become what we want.
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