"The popular mind has grown so confused that it is no longer able to receive any statement of fact except as an expression of personal feeling."

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Source : Dorothy L. Sayers (2010). “Mind of the Maker”, p.15, Bloomsbury Publishing

Dorothy L. Sayers

#Confused Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Expression Quotes

“Government has a legitimate sphere of operation. The problem arises when that sphere continually expands, encompassing areas where government lacks legitimacy.”

Source : "Peerless: A Radically Decentralized Digital Monetary Framework". billdembski.com. November 23, 2016.
“When you are drawing characters to serve a plot purpose, you tend to get flat, stereotyped, unliving characters.”
“We Persians have a saying that one should deliberate serious matters first drunk, then sober.”
“He who mistrusts most should be trusted least.”
“In the Arab world, there is no link between the cultural habits of peoples and the ways of thinking and creating of modern intellectuals. They are two separate worlds.”
“One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.”

Source : Simone de Beauvoir (1975). “The Coming of Age”
“If you gave wings to a cat, it would not condescend to be a bird. It would be an angel.”
“Most volcanologists die in bed.”

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