The literary woman, unsatisfied, agitated, desolate in heart and entrails, listening every minute with painful curiosity to the imperative which whispers from the depths of her organism "aut liberi aut libri [either children or books]." Twilight of the Idols
Food production, and competition and diffusion between societies, led as ultimate causes ... of conquest. Guns, Germs And Steel
There is much to be said in favour of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. The Critic as Artist
We live as it were by chance, and by chance we are governed. Seneca's Morals
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