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    Some men see things as they are and ask, 'why?' I dream things that never were and ask, 'why not?'"NB: This quote is a paraphrase from a similar quote by G. B. Shaw.

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The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

The question now is: Can we understand our stupidity? This is a test of intellect, not of character.

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To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

To many, total abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.

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Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you read more

Nowadays people's visual imagination is so much more sophisticated, so much more developed, particularly in young people, that now you can make an image which just slightly suggests something, they can make of it what they will.

by Robert Doisneau Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

If you think you're free, there's no escape possible.

by Ram Dass Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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I wish they would only take me as I am. - Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh.

I wish they would only take me as I am. - Dear Theo: Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh.

by Vincent Van Gogh Found in: Perspective Quotes,
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Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on read more

Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on the beautiful and the good, and dwell as little as possible on the evil and the false.

by Richard Cecil 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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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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In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.

In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.

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