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#1

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.”
― Isaac Newton, The Correspondence of Isaac Newton: Volume 5, 1709–1713

tags: principia, science

2216 likes

#2

“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”
― Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

tags: love, poetry

16158 likes

#3

“Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.”
― Mark Twain

tags: truth

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#4

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
― Mahatma Gandhi

tags: despair, evil, goodness, inspirational, love, sadness, truth, victory

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#5

“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: kill, laughter, misattributed-oscar-wilde, truth

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#6

“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
― François de La Rochefoucauld

tags: cynical, life, truth

3273 likes

#7

“Those who have been bred in the school of politics fail now and always to face the facts.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Slavery in Massachusetts

tags: politicians, truth

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#8

“Ah, it is impossible."

"No, it is only very difficult - so very difficult that I shall be sure to accomplish it!”
― E.D.E.N. Southworth, Capitola's Peril

tags: doctorish, impossibility, impossible, paradox, truth

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#9

“A simple truth delivered in kindness may be the impetus that ignites a passionate fire in another’s soul and goes on to become the source of motivation for positive change.”
― Molly Friedenfeld, The Book of Simple Human Truths

tags: compassion, honor, inspiration, inspirational-quotes, joy, kindness, love, motivation, peace, truth, wisdom

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#10

“You always supposed to have that i'm number 1 mentality,don't let anyone make you feel like you is number 2 when they not even worth being number 1 !!!”
― jojo1980

tags: inspirational-quotes, life, thoughts, truth

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#11

“I know it's a crock of shit. I ain't offering you happily-ever-after. I'm offering you... happily-maybe-sometimes-ever-after. Sort of. You know, with warts and shit." -Thayer”
― Wally Lamb, She’s Come Undone

tags: come, lamb, she-s, undone, wally

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#12

“My needs are simple and few, thought Valentine. Food. Clothing. A comfortable place to sleep. And no idiots.

But of course a world with no idiots would be lonely. If she herself were even allowed there.”
― Orson Scott Card, Ender in Exile

tags: idiots

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#13

“People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world.”
― Bill Watterson, The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book

tags: idiots, life-humor

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#14

“If you have the power to change the world for the better, you should do it. That's why people who do nothing are idiots, but idiots who do nothing are life-savers.”
― James McGregor

tags: idiots, people, philosophical

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#15

“There are four kinds of people to avoid in the world: the assholes, the asswipes, the ass-kissers, and those that just will shit all over you.”
― Anthony Liccione

tags: ass, brown-nose, idiots, jerks, people, shit

144 likes

#16

“Have you ever noticed that idiots have a lot of friends? It's just an observation.”
― Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

tags: friends, humor, idiots

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#17

“That’s the problem with any ‘simple truth’—it always takes a gaggle of complete idiots or a team of all-knowing geniuses to miss it.”
― Ali Sheikh, Closure of the Helpdesk — A Geek Tragedy

tags: business, genius, idiots, truth

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#18

“I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius.”
― Leo Szilard

tags: democracy, equality, fairness, genius, idiots, principles, reason, scientist, voting

47 likes

#19

“Rats and roaches live by competition under the laws of supply and demand; it is the privilege of human beings to live under the laws of justice and mercy.”
― Wendell Berry

tags: justice, mercy

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#20

“Poor is the man whose pleasure depends on the permission of another.”
― Madonna

tags: malawi, masdonna, mercy

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#21

“Betrayal is common for men with no conscience.”
― Toba Beta, My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

tags: betrayal, conscience

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#22

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience. They may be more likely to go to Heaven yet at the same time likelier to make a Hell of earth. This very kindness stings with intolerable insult. To be "cured" against one's will and cured of states which we may not regard as disease is to be put on a level of those who have not yet reached the age of reason or those who never will; to be classed with infants, imbeciles, and domestic animals.”
― C.S. Lewis, God in the Dock: Essays on Theology (Making of Modern Theology)

748 likes

#23

“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
― Socrates

tags: gossip

2068 likes

#24

“Isn't it kind of silly to think that tearing someone else down builds you up?”
― Sean Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

tags: gossip, jealousy, pettiness

793 likes

#25

“Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.”
― Anna Godbersen, Splendor

tags: gossip, humor, inspirational, jealousy

614 likes

#26

“Reputation is what others think of us; character is what God knows of us. When you have spent what feels like eternity trying to repair a few moments of time that destroyed the view others once had of you then you must ask yourself if you have the problem or is it really them? God doesn’t make us try so hard, only enemies do.”
― Shannon Alder

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#27

“A rumor is a social cancer: it is difficult to contain and it rots the brains of the masses. However, the real danger is that so many people find rumors enjoyable. That part causes the infection. And in such cases when a rumor is only partially made of truth, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly where the information may have gone wrong. It is passed on and on until some brave soul questions its validity; that brave soul refuses to bite the apple and let the apple eat him. Forced to start from scratch for the sake of purity and truth, that brave soul, figuratively speaking, fully amputates the information in order to protect his personal judgment. In other words, his ignorance is to be valued more than the lie believed to be true.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy

tags: cancer, deceit, gossip, introvert, libel, lie, loner, masses, propaganda, rumor, slander, social, truth

225 likes

#28

“'Shoot the wounded... what we do to people who are the most vulnerable... we 'shoot the wounded.' As if they haven't suffered enough, we add to it by gossiping and treating hurt people like outcasts." ..."I think we killed Ronnie's spirit... Instead of coming alongside her and supporting her through this, I failed her...”
― Lynn Dove, Shoot the Wounded

tags: christianity, gossip, hypocrisy, rejection, religion, shooting-the-wounded, suffering

140 likes

#29

“People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

tags: acceptance-of-oneself, accepting, gossip, liberation

209 likes

#30

“Free your life from the fangs of gossips by not associating yourself with them. Anyone who helps you to gossip about someone can also help someone to gossip about you.”
― Israelmore Ayivor

tags: bad-friends, bad-talks, deceive, disgrace, evil-talk, friends, friendship, good-friendship, gossip, gossips, insult

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