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“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”
― Plato, The Republic

“Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.”
― Marcel Proust

“When an ostrich buries its head in the sand as danger approaches, it very likely takes the happiest course. It hides the danger, and then calmly says there is no danger; and if it feels perfectly sure there is none, why should it raise its head to see?”
― Peirce

“The purpose of the NATO alliance is "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.”
― Lord Ismay