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    The methods of the natural sciences cannot be applied to human behavior because this behavior...lacks the peculiarity that characterizes events in the field of the natural sciences, viz., regularity.

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There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

by Charles Kettering Found in: Society Quotes,
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No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice read more

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Society Quotes,
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Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something read more

Proselytizing is more a passionate search for something not yet found than a desire to bestow upon the world something we already have. It is a search for a final and irrefutable demonstration that our absolute truth is indeed the one and only truth. The proselytizing fanatic strengthens his own faith by converting others.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization.

How much easier is self-sacrifice than self-realization.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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The unicorn is a very fierce beast with only one horn. To capture it a virgin maid is placed in read more

The unicorn is a very fierce beast with only one horn. To capture it a virgin maid is placed in the field. The unicorn approaches her, and resting in her lap, is so taken.

by Bishop Honorius Found in: Society Quotes,
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Progress cannot be organized.

Progress cannot be organized.

by Ludwig Von Mises Found in: Society Quotes,
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The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.

The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.

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Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction read more

Whenever the government of the United States shall break up, it will probably be in consequence of a false direction having been given to publick opinion. This is the weak point of our defenses, and the part to which the enemies of the system will direct all their attacks. Opinion can be so perverted as to cause the false to seem the true; the enemy, a friend, and the friend, an enemy; the best interests of the nation to appear insignificant, and trifles of moment; in a word, the right the wrong, and the wrong the right.

by James Fenimore Cooper Found in: Society Quotes,
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A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.

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