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“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
― Walden or, Life in the Woods
“To put the world in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order; we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right.”
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“Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.”
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“There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“They say that Caliph Omar, when consulted about what had to be done with the library of Alexandria, answered as follows: 'If the books of this library contain matters opposed to the Koran, they are bad and must be burned. If they contain only the doctrine of the Koran, burn them anyway, for they are superfluous.' Our learned men have cited this reasoning as the height of absurdity. However, suppose Gregory the Great was there instead of Omar and the Gospel instead of the Koran. The library would still have been burned, and that might well have been the finest moment in the life of this illustrious pontiff.”
― Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and Polemics
― Discourse on the Sciences and Arts and Polemics
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