"A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him."

-- Thomas Hobbes

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“It's really important to me to show the interconnectedness of things. I always try to illustrate how environmentalism, humanitarianism, animal rights - all those things - are one and the same.”
“The most striking contradiction of our civilization is the fundamental reverence for truth which we profess and the thorough-going disregard for it which we practice.”

Source : Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1927). “The Standardization of Error”, New York : W.W. Norton
“If an individual is born with the obligation to obey, who is born with the right to command?”

Source : Tom G. Palmer (2009). “Realizing Freedom: Libertarian Theory, History, and Practice”, p.37, Cato Institute
“Electronic music right now is in its comfort zone, and it's not moving one inch,”

Source : "Daft Punk: All Hail Our Robot Overlords". Interview with Jonah Weiner, www.rollingstone.com. May 21, 2013.
“When we know better, we do better.”
“It always seems to the brothers and the father that their brother or son didn't marry the right person.”
“Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it.”

Source : Edna St. Vincent Millay (1952). “Letters”
“The people talking on their cell phone and following GPS instructions to where grandma's house is saying I don't need space - excuse me, that's how you know where grandma lives, and when to make the left turn.”

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