"Reason is the test of ridicule, not ridicule the test of truth."

-- William Warburton

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“People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can't set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.”
“I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.”
“No one told these American soldiers they might be shot down by bullets made by their own brothers here. No one told them that the ships on which they were going to cross might be torpedoed by submarines built with US patents.”

Source : Smedley Butler, Mark Twain, Bertrand Russell (2015). “War is a Racket!: And Other Essential Reading”, p.52, The Forlorn Press
“When investors, particularly investment bankers, talk about splitting up companies, there's a lot of discussion about multiple expansion, and the reality is multiple expansion is an outcome, not a strategy.”

Source : Source: www.washingtonpost.com
“Have a smile for breakfast, you'll be ***** joy by lunch.”

Source : Joe Abercrombie (2015). “The Great Leveller: Best Served Cold, The Heroes and Red Country”, p.388, Hachette UK
“The bigger the show, the better I'd play. It was what I was waiting for, and I'd never get nervous.”

Source : FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Jul 15, 2015
“With the senses man measures perceptible things, with the intellect he measures intelligible things, and he attains unto supra-intelligible things transcendently.”

Source : "Cusanus: A Legacy of Learned Ignorance". Book by Peter J. Casarella, 2006.
“Men use women sexually. They use them, mistreat them, even from the point of view of vocabulary, the use of words. It baffles me.”

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