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The men who make history have not time to write it.


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In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.

In Europe democracy is a falsehood. I do not know where it will end, but it cannot end in a quiet old age.



The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.

The word 'freedom' means for me not a point of departure but a genuine point of arrival. The point of departure is defined by the word 'order.' Freedom cannot exist without the concept of order.



The events which can not be prevented, must be directed.

The events which can not be prevented, must be directed.



When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.

When Paris sneezes, Europe catches a cold.



Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.

Ten million ignorances do not constitute one knowledge.



I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.

I came into the world either too early or too late; at present, I am good for nothing.



Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.

Any plan conceived in moderation must fail when the circumstances are set in extremes.




It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.

It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.



Stability is not immobility.

Stability is not immobility.





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Education is the fertilizer for the mind, the seeds for success, and the eye opener for life.

Education is the fertilizer for the mind, the seeds for success, and the eye opener for life.



Walt loved technology. He didn't understand it half the time, but the beauty of good technology was that he didn't have to understand it. Just use it.

Walt loved technology. He didn't understand it half the time, but the beauty of good technology was that he didn't have to understand it. Just use it.



If the Church is a body, and the body is a business, isn't that the same thing as prostitution?

If the Church is a body, and the body is a business, isn't that the same thing as prostitution?



It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend.

It is not so much upon the number of exercises, as the care with which they are done, that progreses and skill depend.



Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.

Don’t accept the habitual as a natural thing. In times of disorder, of organized confusion, of de-humanized humanity, nothing should seem natural. Nothing should seem impossible to change.



How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.



A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.

A person is not learned nor wise because he talks much; the person who is patient, free from hatred and fear, that person is called learned and wise.



I realize I'm not different. I want what everyone wants. I want what they all want. I want all the things. I just want to be happy.

I realize I'm not different. I want what everyone wants. I want what they all want. I want all the things. I just want to be happy.



The longer I live, the less I trust ideas, the more I trust emotions.

The longer I live, the less I trust ideas, the more I trust emotions.



The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside the realm of pure science.

The inefficiency of political control of an economy has been demonstrated more often, in more places, and under more varied conditions, than almost anything outside the realm of pure science.




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