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The Odyssey

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Beyond The Spectrum

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Timothy said: " It starts out so well: a far future utopia encountering an invisible flying saucer and an abduction event, as if straight out of ufology lore. On the sentence level, this is exceptionally well-written, far above the usual pulp level of artistry which ...more "

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Timothy’s Quotes

“All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusion is called a philosopher.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Collected Writings Of Ambrose Bierce

tags: delusion, humor, lunatics, philosopher

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“To accuse others for one's own misfortune is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.”
― Epictetus

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“There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.”
― James Branch Cabell

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“Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum -- "I think that I think, therefore I think that I am;" as close an approach to certainty as any philosopher has yet made.”
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

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“The surest way to work up a crusade in favor of some good cause is to promise people they will have a chance of maltreating someone. To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior 'righteous indignation' — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats.”
― Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow

tags: cause, crusade, luxury, promise

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