It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be...
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Stephen Fry
Any philosophy, whether of a religious or political nature - and sometimes the dividing line is hard to determine - fights less for the negative destruction of the opposing ideology than for the positive promotion of its own. Hence its struggle is less defensive than...
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Adolf Hitler
Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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Diogenes Of Sinope
When a man has a gift in speaking the truth, brute aggression is no longer his security blanket for approval. He, on the contrary, spends most of his energy trying to tone it down because his very nature is already offensive enough.
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Criss Jami
When you look at what C.S. Lewis is saying, his message is so anti-life, so cruel, so unjust. The view that the Narnia books have for the material world is one of almost undisguised contempt. At one point, the old professor says, ‘It’s all in...
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Philip Pullman
More Quotes By Ambrose Bierce
Love, n. A temporary insanity curable by marriage.
Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math.
You don't have to be stupid to be a Christian, ... but it probably helps.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
