Quote by Leo Tolstoy on the Impact of Neutrality in Stories
“I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.”
Leo Tolstoi
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“There’s no such thing as a free lunch” – Milton Friedman
“There’s no such thing as a free lunch.”
Milton Friedman
Lafayette on Freedom and Independence
“My grand affair appears settled, for America is certain of her independence, humanity has gained her cause, and liberty will never be without a place of refuge.”
Lafayette
Milton Friedman on Freedom and Fairness in Founding Documents
“The word ‘free’ is used three times in the Declaration of Independence and once in the First Amendment to the Constitution, along with ‘freedom.’ The word ‘fair’ is not used in either of our founding documents.”
Milton Friedman
Lafayette on Republican Virtue and 10 August 1792
“Though my conduct on the 10th of August 1792 was the act of my life of which I have most reason to be proud, I will here merely do homage to the worthy martyrs of the national sovereignty and the sworn laws, who, while they supported constitutional royalty, manifested the highest degree of republican virtue.”
Lafayette
Imagination and Faith Are the Secrets of Creation – Neville Goddard
“Imagination and faith are the secrets of creation.”
Neville Goddard
“Humanity has won its battle” – Lafayette
“Humanity has won its battle. Liberty now has a country.”
Lafayette
Lafayette on Gratitude and the Honor of the Navy
“Whatever may be my feelings of personal gratitude to the Navy of the United States, I feel myself under still greater obligations to them for the honor they have done to the American name in every part of the globe.”
Lafayette
Philosophical Mediocrity – Quote by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
“It is a proof of philosophical mediocrity, today, to look for a philosophy.”
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
“Poetry Is Not a Matter of Feelings” – Umberto Eco
“Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.”
Umberto Eco