"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
- Seneca the Younger

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"The first premise of all human history is, of course, the existence of living human individuals. Thus the first fact to be established is the physical organisation of these individuals and their consequent relation to the rest of nature."
- Karl Marx

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"The great tragedy of Science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact."
- Thomas Henry Huxley

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"We are by no means opposed to the globalization of relationships as such-in fact, as we said, the strongest forces of Leftist internationalism have effectively led this process. The enemy, rather, is a specific regime of global relations that we call Empire."
- Antonio Negri

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"In order to properly understand the big picture, everyone should fear becoming mentally clouded and obsessed with one small section of truth."
- Xunzi

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"In every stock-jobbing swindle everyone knows that some time or other the crash must come, but every one hopes that it may fall on the head of his neighbour, after he himself has caught the shower of gold and placed it in safety."
- Karl Marx

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I'm glad this isn't true for all of us or we might not know when to protest unjust laws.

"When I obey a rule, I do not choose. I obey the rule blindly."
- Ludwig Wittgenstein

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"I will not talk about people a thousand miles off, but come as near home as I can. As the time is short, I will leave out all the flattery, and retain all the criticism. Let us consider the way in which we spend our lives."
- Henry David Thoreau

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"From the fame opinion of a soul distinct from the body came the practice of praying, first for the dead, and then to them with a long train of other absurd opinions, and superstitious practices."
- Joseph Priestley

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"Reverence the gods, and help men. Short is life."
- Marcus Aurelius

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