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#1

"Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust."
— Sun Tzu (The Art of War)

tags: provoking, thought
9 people liked it

#2

"There are some ideas so preposterous that only an intellectual could believe them."
— George Orwell

tags: humor
2 people liked it

#3

"Christianity has not been tied and found false. It's been tried and found too difficult."
— C.S. Lewis

tags: christianity, religion
1 person liked it

#4

"At school, new ideas are thrust at you every day. Out in the world, you'll have to find your inner motivation to seek for new ideas on your own."
— Bill Watterson

tags: motivational, provoking, thought
10 people liked it

#5

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
— George Santayana

tags: history
45 people liked it

#6

"Your shower is ready - I turned it on last night."
— Scott Adams

tags: dilbert, humor
5 people liked it

#7

"You do not convince me. You rationalize your actions and because the result is favorable you become right."
— David Gemmell (Troy: Lord of the Silver Bow)

3 people liked it

#8

"The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man has nothing to fear."
— Proverbs 13:7-8

tags: bible, proverbs, solomon
1 person liked it

#9

"Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?'"
— Bill Watterson

tags: humor
237 people liked it

#10

"You know what's weird? Day by day, nothing seems to change, but pretty soon...everything's different."
— Bill Watterson

tags: change, life
258 people liked it

#11

"The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference."
— Elie Wiesel

tags: activism, apathy, hate, indifference, love, opposite, philosophy
8,511 people liked it

#12

"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson

tags: accomplishment, be-yourself, conformity, individuality, world
8,937 people liked it

#13

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read."
— Groucho Marx (The Essential Groucho)

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
7,843 people liked it

#14

"If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything."
— Malcolm X

tags: belief, integrity
8,236 people liked it

#15

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
— William Shakespeare (As You Like It)

tags: wisdom
7,906 people liked it

#16

"The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
— Mark Twain

tags: literacy
7,380 people liked it

#17

"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect."
— Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom
7,638 people liked it

#18

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."
— Mark Twain

tags: education
3,789 people liked it

#19

"It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."
— Mark Twain

tags: humor
2,502 people liked it

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