Academe, n.: An ancient school where morali
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Academe, n.: An ancient school where morality and philosophy were taught. Academy, n.: [from academe] A modern school where football is taught.
Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, sinc
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Boredom is a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
To live anywhere in the world today and be agains
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To live anywhere in the world today and be against equality because of race or color is like living in Alaska and being against snow.
Powder snow skiing is not fun. It's life, f
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Powder snow skiing is not fun. It's life, fully lived, life lived in a blaze of reality.
If it were proved to me that in making war, my id
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If it were proved to me that in making war, my ideal had a chance of being realized, I would still say no to war. For one does not create a human society on mounds of corpses.
The world of empirical morality consists for the
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The world of empirical morality consists for the most part of nothing but ill will and envy.
Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the
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Illegal aliens have always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Indian.
Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead!
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Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead!
Laurels and roses on their graves to-day,
Lilies and laurels over them we lay,
And violets o'er each unforgotten head.
Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is
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Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experienc
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Hockey captures the essence of Canadian experience in the New World. In a land so inescapably and inhospitably cold, hockey is the chance of life, and an affirmation that despite the deathly chill of winter we are alive.
Only when the last tree has died and the last riv
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Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realise we cannot eat money.
If the equality of individuals and the dignity of
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If the equality of individuals and the dignity of man be myths, they are myths to which the republic is committed.
Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade
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Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree.
I don't believe an accident of birth makes people
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I don't believe an accident of birth makes people sisters or brothers. It makes them siblings, gives them mutuality of parentage. Sisterhood and brotherhood is a condition people have to work at.
The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I s
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The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.
A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sor
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A good, real, unrestrained, hearty laugh is a sort of glorified internal massage, performed rapidly and automatically. It manipulates and revitalizes corners and unexplored crannies of the system that are unresponsive to most other exercise methods.
Without forgiveness life is governed by... an end
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Without forgiveness life is governed by... an endless cycle of resentment and retaliation.
In every work of genius, we recognize our own rej
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In every work of genius, we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
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