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“Be calm in arguing: for fierceness makes
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
― The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert
Error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
― The Temple: The Poetry of George Herbert
“... arbitrarily creating 'nation states' out of people unused to living together in one region is not a recipe for justice, equality and stability.”
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
― Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics
“I know not all that may be coming, but be it what it will, I'll go to it laughing.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
“Do not let your assumptions about a culture block your ability to perceive the individual, or you will fail.”
― Words of Radiance
― Words of Radiance
“It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. Insensibly, one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.”
― Sherlock Holmes
― Sherlock Holmes
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