"The pragmatist knows that doubt is an art which hs to be acquired with difficulty."

-- Charles Sanders Peirce

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“While I was an honorable man in her eyes, she did not love me. But the minute she understood what I was, when she breathed the true and foul odor of my soul, love was born in her â€“ for she does love me! Well, well! There is nothing real, then, except evil.”

Source : Octave Mirbeau (2016). “Torture Garden”, p.62, Library of Alexandria
“The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.”

Source : Nevil Shute (1991). “Ruined City”
“The Seconds that tick as the clock moves along Are Privates who march with a spirit so strong. The Minutes are Captains. The Hours of the day Are Officers brave, who lead on to the fray. So, remember, when tempted to loiter and dream You've an army at hand; your command is supreme; And question yourself, as it goes on review-- Had it helped in the fight with the best it could do?”
“If we want to see an end to personal and global conflict, then love is the only real answer.”
“Stealing it, in a sick kind of sense, was like earning it.”
“If you cannot say what you have to say in twenty minutes, you should go away and write a book about it.”
“Anyone who wasn't half-stoned on pain meds would have instantly realized what a really bad idea this plan was, but since that didn't include me, I didn't worry about it.”
“There is an interdependence between those who have and those who have not. The process of giving exalts the poor and humbles the rich. In the process, both are sanctified.”

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