"A man who permits his honor to be taken, permits his life to be taken."

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Source : Pietro Aretino (1926). “The Works of Aretino: Biography: de Sanctis. The letters. The sonnets. Appendix”

Pietro Aretino

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“Im a typical Capricorn. Im hardworking, loyal, sometimes stubborn, and I dont believe in astrology.”
“It's all about new techniques -- simplifying old techniques, and consolidating steps. Making things go faster, but not worse.”

Source : "Martha Stewart Geeks Out for Wired's Annual How To Guide". Wired interview, www.wired.com. July 24, 2007.
“You always want to be better than you are. No matter what, I think that's important.”
“The key is to photograph your obsessions, whether thatâ€™s old peopleâ€™s hands or skyscrapers. Think of a blank canvas, because thatâ€™s what youâ€™ve got, and then think about what you want to see. Not anyone else.”
“Curiosity, which may or may not eventuate in something useful, is probably the most outstanding characteristic of modern thinking ... Institutions of learning should be devoted to the cultivation of curiosity, and the less they are deflected by the consideration of immediacy of application, the more likely they are to contribute not only to human welfare, but to the equally important satisfaction of intellectual interest, which may indeed be said to have become the ruling passion of intellectual life in modern times.”
“It is, however, a most astonishing but incontestable fact, that the history of the evolution of man as yet constitutes no part of general education. Indeed, our so-called "educated classes" are to this day in total ignorance of the most important circumstances and the most remarkable phenomena which Anthropogeny has brought to light.”

Source : Ernst Haeckel (1883). “The Evolution of Man: A Popular Exposition of the Principal Points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny”
“I wanted a literate, socially intricate, and cosmopolitan world - something I could have fun destroying.”
“Iâ€™m good enough, Iâ€™m smart enough, and dog-gone it, people like me.”

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