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    Spiritual stagnation ensues when man's environment becomes unpredictable or when his inner life is made wholly predictable.

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If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.

by De Montesquieu 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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Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.

by Martial Found in: Society Quotes,
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...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in read more

...it is always from a minority acting in ways different from what the majority would prescribe that the majority in the end learns to do better.

by F.a. Hayek Found in: Society Quotes,
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Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands.

Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands.

by Abigail Adams Found in: Society Quotes,
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Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.

Society drives people crazy with lust and calls it advertising.

by John Lahr Found in: Society Quotes,
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Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death

Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death

by Andre Gide Found in: Society Quotes,
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Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, read more

Man is a luxury loving animal. Take away play, fancies, and luxuries, and you will turn man into a dull, sluggish creature, barely energetic enough to obtain a bare subsistence. A society becomes stagnant when its people are too rational or too serious to be tempted by baubles.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.

by Aeschylus Found in: Society Quotes,
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