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"since the Stoics define wisdom to be conducted by reason, and folly nothing else but the being hurried by passion, lest our life should otherwise . . that creator, who out of clay first tempered and made us up, put into the composition of our humanity more than a pound of passions to an ounce of reason; and reason he confined within the narrow cells of the brain, whereas he left passions the whole body to range in." — 20 hours, 22 min ago
"since the Stoics define wisdom to be conducted by reason, and folly nothing else but the being hurried by passion, lest our life should otherwise . . that creator, who out of clay first tempered and made us up, put into the composition of our humanity more than a pound of passions to an ounce of reason; and reason he confined within the narrow cells of the brain, whereas he left passions the whole body to range in." — 20 hours, 22 min ago
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"Where the violent coercion of one man by another exists in a society, the significance of money as a standard of values at once succumbs to the arbitrary will of the oppressor, and its significance as a medium for the exchange of the products of toil gives way to its significance as the most convenient means of exploiting the labor of others.." — Oct 13, 2025 10:37PM
"Where the violent coercion of one man by another exists in a society, the significance of money as a standard of values at once succumbs to the arbitrary will of the oppressor, and its significance as a medium for the exchange of the products of toil gives way to its significance as the most convenient means of exploiting the labor of others.." — Oct 13, 2025 10:37PM
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"In the intervals when no one spoke, they heard far off the low murmur of the sea, as the waves quietly broke and spread the beach with a film of water, and withdrew to break again. The cool green light fell through the leaves of the tree, and there were soft crescents and diamonds of sunshine upon the plates and the tablecloth. Mrs. Thornbury, after watching them all for a time in silence, began to ask Rachel kindly" — 2 hours, 23 min ago
"In the intervals when no one spoke, they heard far off the low murmur of the sea, as the waves quietly broke and spread the beach with a film of water, and withdrew to break again. The cool green light fell through the leaves of the tree, and there were soft crescents and diamonds of sunshine upon the plates and the tablecloth. Mrs. Thornbury, after watching them all for a time in silence, began to ask Rachel kindly" — 2 hours, 23 min ago
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“The stimulus of reading is indispensable to me . . .”
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“We are like books. Most people only see our cover, the minority read only the introduction, many people believe the critics. Few will know our content”
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“Every time I seek to relive the emotion of a previous reading, I experience different and unexpected impressions, and do not find again those of before.”
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― If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
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