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Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves:
the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of read more
In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves:
the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.
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.
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them.
We have no claim to share in the glory of our ancestors unless we strive to resemble them.
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough read more
The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher. - Life and Letters of Thomas Huxley.
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly read more
The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.