Common sense isn't.
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| Quote of the moment |
| Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives. |
| ~ William Wordsworth, Character of the Happy Warrior. ~ |
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| I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others. |
| ~ Edmund Burke, On the Sublime and Beautiful. Sect. xiv. vol. i. p. 118. ~ |
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| Born for success he seemed, With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes. |
| ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, In Memoriam. ~ |
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| Quote of the moment |
| If we reason a priori, anything may appear able to produce anything. The falling of a pebble may, for aught we know, extinguish the sun. |
| ~ -Of the academical or sceptical Philosophy, David Hume ~ |
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| Quote of the moment |
| There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it with reluctance. |
| ~ Terence, Heautontimoroumenos. Act iv. Sc. 6, 1. (805.) ~ |
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| Quote of the moment |
| We find that between the past and the future there is an extremely thin line - somthing that cannot really withstand analysis. Past and future exist in relation to the present. But if the present cannot be posited, how can past and future be posited? This is a demonstration of dependent origination. |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, March 15, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| Quote of the moment |
| But little do or can the best of us: That little is achieved through Liberty. |
| ~ Robert Browning, Why I am a Liberal. ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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