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    The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is
    truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If
    this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, the
    finish by loading honors on your head.

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The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, "culture." It's an read more

The bourgeoisie and the petty bourgeoisie have armed themselves against the rising proletariat with, among other things, "culture." It's an old ploy of the bourgeoisie. They keep a standing "art" to defend their collapsing culture.

by George Grosz Found in: Society Quotes,
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It is the test of a good religion whether you can make a joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can make a joke about it.

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Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three read more

Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap.

by Barbara Jordan Found in: Society Quotes,
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Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own.

by Georg C. Lichtenberg Found in: Society Quotes,
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...in the course of the last century science has become so dizzy with its successes, that it has forgotten to read more

...in the course of the last century science has become so dizzy with its successes, that it has forgotten to ask the pertinent questions- or refused to ask them under the pretext that they are meaningless, and in any case not the scientists concern.

by Arthur Koestler Found in: Society Quotes,
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I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a read more

I have only a small flickering light to guide me in the darkness of a thick forest. Up comes a theologian and blows it out.

by Denis Diderot Found in: Society Quotes,
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The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being
bored.

The wise man sometimes flees from society from fear of being
bored.

by Jean De La Bruyere 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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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

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