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    William Gibson
    “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”
    ― William Gibson, Neuromancer
    tags: first-lines
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    William Gibson
    “The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed.”
    ― William Gibson
    tags: future, planning
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    William Gibson
    “Night City was like a deranged experiment in social Darwinism, designed by a bored researcher who kept one thumb permanently on the fast-forward button.”
    ― William Gibson, Neuromancer
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    Voltaire
    “Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
    ― Voltaire
    tags: absurdities, atheism, atrocities, barbarity, injustice, religion, skepticism
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    Immanuel Kant
    “Dignity is a value that creates irreplaceability.”
    ― Immanuel Kant
    tags: dignity
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    Immanuel Kant
    “We are enriched not by what we possess, but by what we can do without.”
    ― Immanuel Kant
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    Franz Kafka
    “Test yourself on mankind. It is something that makes the doubter doubt, the believer believe.”
    ― Franz Kafka
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    H.P. Lovecraft
    “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
    ― H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature
    tags: fear-of-unknown
    2405 likes

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    Franz Kafka
    “Self-control is something for which I do not strive. Self-control means wanting to be effective at some random point in the infinite radiations of my spiritual existence.”
    ― Franz Kafka
    tags: franz-kafka, kafka
    98 likes

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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Madness is something rare in individuals — but in groups, parties, peoples, and ages, it is the rule.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
    tags: insanity, madness, nationalism, philosophy
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    René Descartes
    “If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.”
    ― René Descartes
    tags: doubt, truth
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    Alex Ayres
    “Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy.”
    ― Alex Ayres, QUOTABLE AYN RAND: An A to Z Glossary of Quotations from Ayn Rand
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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    “To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.”
    ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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    Fyodor Dostoevsky
    “The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for.”
    ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The Brothers Karamazov
    tags: goals-in-life, purpose-of-life
    2883 likes

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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “It is not titles that honour men, but men that honour titles.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli
    tags: honor, men, titles
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    Niccolò Machiavelli
    “The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
    ― Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince
    tags: philosophy
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    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    “People have forgotten this truth," the fox said. "But you mustn’t forget it. You become responsible forever for what you’ve tamed. You’re responsible for your rose.”
    ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
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    Jules Verne
    “Before all masters, necessity is the one most listened to, and who teaches the best.”
    ― Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island
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    Bertrand Russell
    “Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.”
    ― Bertrand Russell
    tags: liberty
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    Yevgeny Zamyatin
    “The only means of ridding man of crime is ridding him of freedom.”
    ― Yevgeny Zamyatin, We
    tags: freedom
    104 likes

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    Giordano Bruno
    “Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.”
    ― Giordano Bruno
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    Aristotle
    “Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: teaching, understanding
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    Sun Tzu
    “Wheels of justice gind slow but grind fine”
    ― Sun Tzu
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    Jean de la Fontaine
    “A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.”
    ― Jean de La Fontaine, Fables
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    Albert Camus
    “Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Lao Tzu
    “The more laws and restrictions there are,
    The poorer people become.
    The sharper men's weapons,
    The more trouble in the land.
    The more ingenious and clever men are,
    The more strange things happen.
    The more rules and regulations,
    The more thieves and robbers.”
    ― Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
    tags: govern, government, law, peace, rules, thieves, trouble, way, wisdom
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    Epictetus
    “We suffer not from the events in our lives but from our judgement about them.”
    ― Epictetus
    tags: philosophy-of-mind
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    Paulo Coelho
    “To realise one's destiny is a person's only real obligation.”
    ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
    tags: inspirational
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    Douglas Adams
    “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.”
    ― Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless
    tags: design, foolproof, ingenuity
    3737 likes

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    Joseph Joubert
    “Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.”
    ― Joseph Joubert
    tags: opinions, stubbornness, stupidity
    236 likes



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