"Oh, popular applause! what heart of man Is proof against thy sweet seducing charms? The wisest and the best feel urgent need Of all their caution in thy gentlest gales; But swell'd into a gust--who then, alas! With all his canvas set, and inexpert, And therefore, heedless, can withstand thy power?"

-- William Cowper

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“Revolutions never go backward.”

Source : At Rochester on the Irrepressible Conflict, October 1858
“It's never too early to start marketing your book.”
“If every U.S. citizen ate just one meal a week (any meal) composed of locally and organically raised meats and produce, we would reduce our countryâ€™s oil consumption by over 1.1 million barrels of oil every week.Â That's not gallons, but barrels.Â Small changes in buying habits can make big differences.Â Becoming a less energy-dependent nation may just need to start with a good breakfast.”
“There's something about breaking up with someone - you just look hotter than you ever did before.”
“From this day forward, speak to yourself in a way that you would someone you care about.”
“Something of the previous state, however, survives every change. This is called in the language of cybernetics (which took it form the language of machines) feedback, the advantages of learning from experience and of having developed reflexes.”

Source : Guy Davenport (1997). “The Geography of the Imagination: Forty Essays”, p.93, David R. Godine Publisher
“Philosophers should resist the temptation to be publicly virtuous. Given an unjust society, from the vantage of what counts as the public good, they are corrupters, not edifiers. The desire to be seen to be virtuous, to make a positive contribution, is a deleterious symptom of professionalization. Philosophy's social utility is an ersatz for its duty to mount challenges to the entire social order.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“If I'm going to an event I make sure I plan ahead so that I don't have a fashion crisis.”

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