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    Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute.

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You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.

You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.

by Art Buchwald Found in: Society Quotes,
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There is in the universe something for the description and analysis of which the natural sciences cannot contribute anything. There read more

There is in the universe something for the description and analysis of which the natural sciences cannot contribute anything. There are events beyond the range of those events that the procedures of the natural sciences are fit to observe and describe. There is human action.

by Ludwig Von Mises Found in: Society Quotes,
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We often despise what is most useful to us.

We often despise what is most useful to us.

by Aesop Found in: Society Quotes,
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Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

Bureaucracy is a giant mechanism operated by pygmies.

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Man was formed for society.

Man was formed for society.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Society Quotes,
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You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.

You can shoot the tiger, or stay out of his way, but you cannot pronounce him a vegetarian.

by Richard Mitchell Found in: Society Quotes,
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Nature abhors a moron.

Nature abhors a moron.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Society Quotes,
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...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it read more

...each new generation born is in effect an invasion of civilization by little barbarians, who must be civilized before it is too late.

by Thomas Sowell Found in: Society Quotes,
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Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

Delay is ever fatal to those who are prepared.

by Lucan Found in: Society Quotes,
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