War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth a war, is much worse. When a people are used as mere human instruments for firing cannon or...
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John Stuart Mill
I like ducks." Jem observed diplomatically. "Esspecially the ones in Hyde Park." He glanced side ways at Will; both boys were sitting at the edge of a high table, thier legs dangling over the side. "Remember when you tried to convince me to feed pultry...
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Cassandra Clare
Tessa: I won't know if I like it until I try it, will I?"Will: "I've never swum naked in the Thames, but I know I wouldn't like it."" But think how entertaining for sightseers, " said Tessa, and she saw Jem duck his head to...
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Cassandra Clare
It is a self-deception of philosophers and moralists to imagine that they escape decadence by opposing it. That is beyond their will; and, however little they acknowledge it, one later discovers that they were among the most powerful promoters of decadence.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
The most perfect and satisfactory knowledge is that of perception but this is limited to the absolutely particular, to the individual. The comprehension of the many and the various into *one* representation is possible only through the *concept*, in other words, by omitting the differences;...
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Arthur Schopenhauer
More Quotes By Jimmy Buffett
It takes no more time to see the good side of life than to see the bad.
One of the inescapable encumbrances of leading an interesting life is that there have to be moments when you almost lose it.
I'd rather die while I'm living than live while I'm dead.
The only thing that is still free in this world is religion, which is why a lot of people "find it.
Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.
