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“Why not whip the teacher when the pupil misbehaves?”
Source : Herakleitos, Diogenes (2011). “Herakleitos and Diogenes: Translated from the Greek by Guy Davenport”, p.55, Wipf and Stock Publishers
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“The right of individual property is no doubt the very corner-stone of civilization, as hitherto understood; but I am a little impatient of being told that property is entitled to exceptional consideration because it bears all the burdens of the state. It bears those, indeed, which can be most easily borne, but poverty pays with its person the chief expenses of war, pestilence, and famine.”
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“I might do 'X Factor' next year. It's looking good that I won't get the sack at Christmas.”
Source : "Gary Barlow: the sexy one". Interview With Barbara Ellen, www.theguardian.com. October 8, 2011.
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“The fashionable Canadian drug habit, instead of cocaine, is to sniff real snow.”
Source : Eric Nicol, Dave More (1986). “The U.S. Or Us: What's the Difference, Eh?”
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“A few dud universes can really clutter up your basement.”
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“Do not fear. Some things will never change.”
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“The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.”
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“No matter how strong the rival, the just will always win.”