Even logic and conversation are really just forms of trading, and as in all things, humans will always try to seek their own best advantage, to seek the greatest profit they can from the exchange.
The more one judges, the less one loves.
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Unknown
I don't know why people are afraid of lust. Then I can imagine that they are very afraid of me, for I have a great lust for everything. A lust for life, a lust for how the summer-heated street feels beneath my feet, a lust...
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C. Joybell C.
In the end, you have to choose whether or not to trust someone.
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Sophie Kinsella
It seems that a profound, impartial, and absolutely just opinion of our fellow-creatures is utterly unknown. Either we are men, or we are women. Either we are cold, or we are sentimental. Either we are young, or growing old. <span style="margin:15px; display:block"></span>In any case life...
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Virginia Woolf
I believe in equality. Equality for everybody. No matter how stupid they are or how superior I am to them.
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Steve Martin
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