"Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other."

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Source : Quoted in Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers

Diogenes

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“I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like mine should remember that the darkest life may now have a bright side”

Source : "Interview with Ned Kelly". "The Age", August 9, 1880.
“Sport must be amateur or it is not sport. Sports played professionally are entertainment.”
“I had never been to the playoffs, and it was exciting. The fans went through the roof. They were excited about the whole team. It was great to be traded to a city like Chicago, which was a lot like Boston.”
“Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again.”
“I think my face and voice suit me better as I get older.”
“Millions of Americans take vitamins safely every day, including me. Vitamins and mineral supplements taken in recommended doses are safe. It's the designer supplements that are worrisome.”
“As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.”

Source : Christopher Dawson (2011). “The Judgment of the Nations”, p.9, CUA Press
“To start writing about your life is, from one standpoint, to stop living it. You must avoid adventures today so as to make time for registering those of yesterday.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961–1972”, p.97, Open Road Media

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