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    The nineteenth century planted the words which the twentieth century ripened into the atrocities of Stalin and Hitler. There is hardly an atrocity committed in the twentieth century that was not foreshadowed or even advocated by some noble man of words in the nineteenth.

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Civilized man has always had a great inclination to read his conceptions and feelings into the mind of primitive man; read more

Civilized man has always had a great inclination to read his conceptions and feelings into the mind of primitive man; but he has only a limited capacity for understanding the latter's undeveloped mental life and for interpreting, as it were, his nature.

by Carl Bucher Found in: Society Quotes,
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Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.

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Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.

Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.

by J.m. Roberts Found in: Society Quotes,
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Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world.

Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world.

by Ludwig Von Mises Found in: Society Quotes,
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There is no such thing as truth.

There is no such thing as truth.

by Adolph Hitler Found in: Society Quotes,
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If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting
values, we must recognize the whole gamut of read more

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting
values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human
potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one
in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

by Margaret Mead Found in: Society Quotes,
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Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

Being right too soon is socially unacceptable.

by Robert Heinlein Found in: Society Quotes,
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We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight read more

We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.

One great society alone on earth: the noble living and the noble dead.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Society Quotes,
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