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Are we savages or what?


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I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.

I think women are foolish to pretend they are equal to men, they are far superior and always have been.



We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.

We have a disharmony in our natures. We cannot live together without injuring each other.



I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.

I began to see what people were capable of doing. Anyone who moved through those years without understanding that man produces evil as a bee produces honey, must have been blind or wrong in the head.



We're all mad, the whole damned race. We're wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we're all mad and in solitary confinement.

We're all mad, the whole damned race. We're wrapped in illusions, delusions, confusions about the penetrability of partitions, we're all mad and in solitary confinement.



I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.

I am astonished at the ease with which uninformed persons come to a settled, a passionate opinion when they have no grounds for judgment.



The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.

The thing is - fear can't hurt you any more than a dream.



I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.



I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.

I believe man suffers from an appalling ignorance of his own nature. I produce my own view in the belief that it may be something like the truth.



My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.

My yesterdays walk with me. They keep step, they are gray faces that peer over my shoulder.



At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.

At the moment of vision, the eyes see nothing.





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Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.

Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch.



The rich know not who is his friend.

The rich know not who is his friend.



I'm not a kid anymore. And I'm excited for all the amazing things to come.

I'm not a kid anymore. And I'm excited for all the amazing things to come.



When deep down in the core of your being you believe that your soulmate exists, there is no limit to the ways he or she can enter your life.

When deep down in the core of your being you believe that your soulmate exists, there is no limit to the ways he or she can enter your life.



Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.

Tell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.



It's exactly at these moments, when all hope has vanished, that prayer has dominion.

It's exactly at these moments, when all hope has vanished, that prayer has dominion.



I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.

I do not believe it is in our nature to love impartially. We deceive ourselves when we think we can love two beings, even our own children, equally. There is always a dominant affection.



Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the eagles soar while the small birds take cover.

Celebrate your success and stand strong when adversity hits, for when the storm clouds come in, the eagles soar while the small birds take cover.



Dejardins was so stunned, he momentarily forgot how to speak English. "Ce n'est pas possible. On ne pourrait pas-

Dejardins was so stunned, he momentarily forgot how to speak English. "Ce n'est pas possible. On ne pourrait pas-



People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.

People know where I stand in the Labour party and what I believe in.




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