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The Republic

by Plato

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Lonely: A Memoir

by Emily White (Goodreads Author)

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Mar 19, 2014 08:19AM

“Parents are supposed to pass down physical traits to their children, but it’s my belief that all sorts of other things get passed down, too: motifs, scenarios, even fates.”
― Jeffrey Eugenides, Middlesex

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“As history has also shown, especially in the twentieth century, one of the first things an ideologue will do after achieving absolute power is kill.”
― Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice

tags: absolute-power, government, history, ideologue, oppression, political-philosophy, politics, power, progressives, revolt, revolution, rule, violence

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“Most of our childhood is stored not in photos, but in certain biscuits, lights of day, smells, textures of carpet.”
― Alain de Botton

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“She lacks the indefinable charm of weakness. It is the feet of clay that make the gold of the image precious.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

tags: charm, weakness, women

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“For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the expression on people's faces.”
― Osamu Dazai, No Longer Human