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“History indulges strange whims in the way it dresses its women.”
― The Crimson Petal and the White
― The Crimson Petal and the White
“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together”
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“Enlightenment is man's exodus from his self-incurred tutelage. Tutelage is the inability to use one's understanding without the guidance of another person..'Dare to Know'(sapere aude) Have the courage to use your own understanding;this is the motto of the Enlightenment.”
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“Isn't Heaven reward enough, without needing to see the damned punished?”
― The Crimson Petal and the White
― The Crimson Petal and the White
“John Steinbeck once said that socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”
― A Short History of Progress
― A Short History of Progress
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