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“The key to holding a logical argument or debate is to allow oneself to understand the other person’s argument no matter how divergent their views may seem.”
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“It was curious how that beetlelike type proliferated in the Ministries: little dumpy men, growing stout very early in life, with short legs, swift scuttling movements, and fat inscrutable faces with very small eyes. It was the type that seemed to flourish best under the dominion of the Party.”
― 7 Novel Dystopian Collection
― 7 Novel Dystopian Collection
“Who can have compassion on the ignorant is a victim of regrets, a supporter of ignorance and a builder of stupidity.”
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“Liberty to be inefficient and miserable. Freedom to be a round peg in a square hole.”
― Brave New World
― Brave New World
“Happiness is corny. It is a word you do not find in Dorland's medical dictionary. When people are feeling tops, really at peace with themselves and others, they are not happy. In the medical sense, in that condition they are thought of not as happy, they are "euphoric," which, loosely translated, means slap-happy.”
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