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Quote by H. L. Mencken about intelligence of the masses and money

25. April 2019

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"No one in this world, so far as I know - and I have searched the records for years, and employed agents to help me - has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people." H. L. Mencken

Quote by Albert Einstein about genius and judging abilities

16. April 2019

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"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." Albert Einstein

Inspirational quote by Goethe: He who wants good, let him first be good.

15. April 2019

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"He who wants good, let him first be good." Goethe

Quote image of Nelson Mandela saying Be courageous but not reckless

10. April 2019

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"Be courageous, but not reckless." Nelson Mandela

Inspirational quote by Anton Bruckner about building strong foundations for success

30. March 2019

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"He who wants to build tall towers must spend a long time on the foundations." Anton Bruckner

Quote image featuring Friedrich Nietzsche on the influence of choosing an enemy

1. March 2019

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"Be careful who you choose as your enemy because that's who you become most like." Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche quote about marriage, conversation, and growing old together

1. March 2019

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"When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory." Friedrich Nietzsche

H. L. Mencken quote image about speaking and foolishness

1. January 2019

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"Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it." H. L. Mencken

Mark Twain quote image about character and language

22. December 2018

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"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation." Mark Twain

Inspirational quote image featuring Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

22. December 2018

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"Many priceless things can be bought." Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Inspirational quote image featuring Leo Tolstoi's quote about intelligent women

22. December 2018

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"Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women." Leo Tolstoi

Inspirational Henry Ford quote about the value of old wood, old books, and old friends

20. December 2018

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"There are three things that grow more precious with age; old wood to burn, old books to read, and old friends to enjoy." Henry Ford

Quote image featuring Arthur Miller's reflection on choice, Paradise, and innocence

17. October 2016

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"Where choice begins, Paradise ends, innocence ends, for what is Paradise but the absence of any need to choose this action?" Arthur Miller

Voltaire quote about freedom of speech and defending the right to express opinions

17. September 2016

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"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Voltaire

Quote image featuring Alexander von Humboldt on the unity of humanity and freedom

15. September 2016

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"By asserting the unity of the human race, we also oppose every unpleasant assumption of higher and lower human races. There are more teachable, more highly educated, spiritually cultivated, refined peoples, but no nobler tribes. All are equally destined for freedom; freedom, which in more primitive states belongs to the individual, and in state life, with the enjoyment of political institutions, belongs to the community as a right." Alexander von Humboldt

C. S. Lewis quote about divine will and human freedom

7. August 2016

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"There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'" C. S. Lewis

Quote image featuring Umberto Eco on learning and responsibility

1. August 2016

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"Then why do you want to know?" "Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do." Umberto Eco

Freedom quote graphic featuring Ayn Rand

6. July 2016

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"Freedom (n.): To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing." Ayn Rand

Inspirational Lafayette quote image about liberty, passion, and conviction

6. July 2016

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"An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas and the truth of prophecy has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover and with the conviction of a geometrician." Lafayette

Walter Lippmann quote about freedom and freedom of expression

5. June 2016

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"The American's conviction that he must be able to look any man in the eye and tell him to go to hell is the very essence of the free man's way of life." Walter Lippmann

Liberty and security quote by Harry Browne

1. May 2016

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"For most of our history, Americans enjoyed both liberty and security from foreign threats." Harry Browne

Emma Goldman quote about women, freedom, and equality

1. May 2016

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"Women need not always keep their mouths shut and their wombs open." Emma Goldman

Quote about the engineering of consent by Edward Bernays

26. April 2016

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"The engineering of consent is the very essence of the democratic process, the freedom to persuade and suggest." Edward Bernays

H. P. Lovecraft quote about physical force and human decisions

3. April 2016

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"The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous." H. P. Lovecraft