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M. Kirollos
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""Liberal democracy is as brief as a bubble. Now and then history treats us to an interval of freedom and civilization and we make much of it.
We forget... that as a species we are generally close to the "state of nature," as Thomas Hobbes described it—a nasty, brutish, pitiless condition in which men are too fearful of death to give much thought to freedom."" — Jan 09, 2026 02:19PM
""Liberal democracy is as brief as a bubble. Now and then history treats us to an interval of freedom and civilization and we make much of it.
We forget... that as a species we are generally close to the "state of nature," as Thomas Hobbes described it—a nasty, brutish, pitiless condition in which men are too fearful of death to give much thought to freedom."" — Jan 09, 2026 02:19PM
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"‘We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire an adequate knowledge of the superficial and futile nature of their views. of the paltriness of their sentiments, of the perversity of their opinions, and of the number of their errors…,’ argued Schopenhauer, a leading model of philosophical misanthropy." — Sep 06, 2024 05:22AM
"‘We will gradually become indifferent to what goes on in the minds of other people when we acquire an adequate knowledge of the superficial and futile nature of their views. of the paltriness of their sentiments, of the perversity of their opinions, and of the number of their errors…,’ argued Schopenhauer, a leading model of philosophical misanthropy." — Sep 06, 2024 05:22AM
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""La historia del fútbol es un triste viaje del placer al deber".
"The history of football is a sad journey from pleasure to duty"." — Mar 10, 2019 01:20PM
""La historia del fútbol es un triste viaje del placer al deber".
"The history of football is a sad journey from pleasure to duty"." — Mar 10, 2019 01:20PM
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
― De Profundis
― De Profundis
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.”
― A Man Without a Country
― A Man Without a Country
“The goals we pursue are always veiled. A girl who longs for marriage longs for something she knows nothing about. The boy who hankers after fame has no idea what fame is. The thing that gives our every move its meaning is always totally unknown to us.”
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
― The Unbearable Lightness of Being
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.”
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“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
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