“The weak may not be admired and hero-worshipped; but they are by no means disliked or shunned; and they never seem to have the least difficulty in marrying people who are too good for them. They may fail in emergencies; but life is not one long emergency: it is mostly a string of situations for which no exceptional strength is needed, and with which even rather weak people can cope if they have a stronger partner to help them out.”
― Pygmalion
― Pygmalion
“The choice for mankind lies between freedom and happiness and for the great bulk of mankind, happiness is better.”
― 1984
― 1984
“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
“Independence? That's middle class blasphemy. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.”
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