"Professors of Greek forget or are unaware that Thomas Aquinas, who did not know Greek, was a better interpreter of Aristotle than any of them have proved to be, not only because he was smarter but because he took Aristotle more seriously."

-- Allan Bloom

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“Apothegms form a short cut to much knowledge.”
“You shouldn't trust the judgments of stock brokers picking individual stocks.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz
“We all have a responsibility in life to do what we can to help those less fortunate.”

Source : "Portrait of the artist: Roger Moore, actor". Interview with Laura Barnett, www.theguardian.com. November 28, 2011.
“I was a ballerina for 10 years growing up, but I stopped.”
“Technology and production can be great benefactors of man, but they are mindless instruments, and if undirected they careen along with a momentum of their own. In our country, they pulverize everything in their path - the landscape, the natural environment, history and tradition, the amenities and civilities, the privacy and spaciousness of life, much beauty, and the fragile, slow-growing social structures that bind us together.”

Source : "The Greening of America". Book by Charles A. Reich, 1970.
“Most people see the world as a threatening place, and, because they do, the world turns out, indeed, to be a threatening place.”
“Love is eternal while it lasts.”
“Oh I love horror movies, yeah. I think my favorite movie growing up was 'The Omen.' I actually wanted to be that little kid.”

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