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Zaman Ali
“Whoever enforces equality itself brings inequality.”
Zaman Ali, MORALITY An Individual Dilemma

Vera Brittain
“There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.”
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Terry Southern
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
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Jane Ellen Harrison
“Nowadays it seems you learn only what is reasonable
and relevant. I went to Rome with a young
friend, educated on the latest lines, and who
had taken historical honours at Cambridge.
The first morning the pats of butter came
up stamped with the Twins. “ Good old
Romulus and Remus,” said I. “ Good old
who? ” said she. She had never heard of
the Twins and was much bored when I told
her the story; they had no place in “ con¬
stitutional history ”, and for her the old wolf
of the Capitol howled in vain: “ Great God!
I’d rather be ”!”
Jane Ellen Harrison, Reminiscences of a Student's Life

Augustine of Hippo
“I was not yet in love, yet I loved to love...I sought what I might love, in love with loving.”
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