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All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.

by Edward Gibbon Found in: Society Quotes,
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Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.

Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 ft/sec, is a cow that read more

Scientists tell us that the fastest animal on earth, with a top speed of 120 ft/sec, is a cow that has been dropped out of a helicopter.

by Dave Barry Found in: Society Quotes,
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If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.

If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.

by Paul Ehrlich 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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It is appropriate here to recall that the so-called Dark Ages began with the flight of the individuals into the read more

It is appropriate here to recall that the so-called Dark Ages began with the flight of the individuals into the protection of lords or chapters and came to an end when the individual again found it to his advantage to set forth on his own. We live at a time when everything conspires to push the individual into the fold.

by Bertrand De Jouvenal Found in: Society Quotes,
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Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation read more

Religion is not a matter of God, church, holy cause, etc. These are but accessories. The source of religious preoccupation is in the self, or rather the rejection of the self. Dedication is the obverse side of self-rejection. Man alone is a religious animal because, as Montaigne points out, "it is a malady confined to man, and not seen in any other creature, to hate and despise ourselves.".

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.

The only meaning of life worth caring about is one that can withstand our best efforts to examine it.

by Daniel C. Dennett Found in: Society Quotes,
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It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone- that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows read more

It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone- that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows more than any man of, say, the Eighteenth Century, and is far more civilized. This assumption is quite erroneous...The great masses of men, even in this inspired republic, are precisely where the mob was at the dawn of history. They are ignorant, they are dishonest, they are cowardly, they are ignoble. They know little if anything that is worth knowing, and there is not the slightest sign of a natural desire among them to increase their knowledge.

by H. L. Mencken Found in: Society Quotes,
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