“All you have to do to educate a child is leave him alone and teach him to read. The rest is brainwashing.”
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“The quasi-peaceable gentleman of leisure, then, not only consumes of the staff of life beyond the minimum required for subsistence and physical efficiency, but his consumption also undergoes a specialisation as regards the quality of the goods consumed. He consumes freely and of the best, in food, drink, narcotics, shelter, services, ornaments, apparel, weapons and accoutrements, amusements, amulets, and idols or divinities.”
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“Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.”
― In Search of King Solomon's Mines
― In Search of King Solomon's Mines
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