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    What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.

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The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.

The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.

by Leon Blum Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus.

by Aneurin Bevan Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'.

by Hume Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.

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Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, read more

Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. - Letters to His Son, W. B. Yeats and Others.

by J. B. Yeats Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844.

If wishes were horses, beggars would ride. - Nursery Rhymes of England, 1844.

by James Halliwell Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.

by Walter Prager Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.

It takes a kind of shabby arrogance to survive in our time, and a fairly romantic nature to want to.

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One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I read more

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.

by Jorge Luis Borges Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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