“three fingers hold the pen, but the whole body works.”
― The Name Of The Rose
― The Name Of The Rose
“post coitum omne animal triste est sive gallus et mulier. After sexual intercourse every animal is sad, except the cock (rooster) and the woman.”
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“Intelligence work has one moral law - it is justified by results.”
― The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
― The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
“The average citizen is the world’s most efficient censor. His own mind is the greatest barrier between him and the facts. His own “logic-proof compartments,” his own absolutism are the obstacles which prevent him from seeing in terms of experience and thought rather than in terms of group reaction.”
― Crystallizing Public Opinion
― Crystallizing Public Opinion
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