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“Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.”
The Soul of Man Under Socialism • Oscar Wilde“I quote others only in order the better to express myself. ”
Essays • Michel De Montaigne“Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.”
Book VIII • Marcus Aurelius“I think that the philosopher must, for his own purposes, carry methodological strictness to an extreme when he is investigating and pursuing his truths, but when he is ready to enunciate them and give them out, he ought to avoid the cynical skill with which some scientists, like a Hercules at the fair, amuse themselves by displaying to the public the biceps of their technique.”
What is Philosophy? • Jose Ortega y Gasset“The effect of speech upon the condition of the soul is comparable to the power of drugs over the nature of bodies. For just as different drugs dispel different secretions from the body, and some bring an end to disease and others to life, so also in the case of speeches, some distress, others delight, some cause fear, others make the hearers bold, and some drug and bewitch the soul with a kind of evil persuasion.”
Gorgias • Plato