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Thomas Higginson

The test of an author is not to be …

23 Sep , 2021  

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers…but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Higginson ,

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Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right

The universal and lasting establish…

6 Feb , 2019  

The universal and lasting establishment of peace constitutes not merely a part, but the whole final purpose and end of the science of right as viewed within the limits of reason. Great short quote and quotation by: Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right , German philosopher (1724 – 1804)

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The universe seems neither benign n…

6 Feb , 2019  

The universe seems neither benign nor hostile, merely indifferent. Great short quote and quotation by: Carl Sagan , US astronomer & popularizer of astronomy (1934 – 1996)

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Michael Levin

There are situations in which tortu…

22 Sep , 2015  

There are situations in which torture is not merely permissible but morally mandatory. Great short quote and quotation by: Michael Levin ,

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Alexis Carrel

To accomplish our destiny it is not…

13 Oct , 2011  

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexis Carrel , French biologist & surgeon (1873 – 1944)

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To be a philosopher is not merely t…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, not even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry David Thoreau , US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862)

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To be good, according to the vulgar…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be good, according to the vulgar standard of goodness, is obviously quite easy. It merely requires a certain amount of sordid terror, a certain lack of imaginative thought, and a certain low passion for middle-class respectability. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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To be in love is merely to be in a …

13 Oct , 2011  

To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia. Great short quote and quotation by: H. L. Mencken , US editor (1880 – 1956)

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Hippocrates

To really know is science; to merel…

13 Oct , 2011  

To really know is science; to merely believe you know is ignorance. Great short quote and quotation by: Hippocrates , Greek physician (460 BC – 377 BC)

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G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Tradition means giving votes to the…

13 Oct , 2011  

Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely happen to be walking about. Great short quote and quotation by: G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy , English author & mystery novelist […]

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Elizabeth Drew

Travel, instead of broadening the m…

13 Oct , 2011  

Travel, instead of broadening the mind, often merely lengthens the conversation. Great short quote and quotation by: Elizabeth Drew ,

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Victor Cousin

True philosophy invents nothing; it…

13 Oct , 2011  

True philosophy invents nothing; it merely establishes and describes what is. Great short quote and quotation by: Victor Cousin , French philosopher (1792 – 1867)

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