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I spent a long time in the study of the abstract sciences, and was disheartened by the small number of fellow-students in them. When I commenced the study of man, I saw that these abstract sciences are not suited to man, and that I was wandering further from my own state in examining them, than others in not knowing them. I pardoned their little knowledge; but I thought at least to find many companions in the study of man, and that it was the true study which is suited to him. I have been deceived; still fewer study it than geometry. It is only from want of knowing how to study this that we seek the other studies. But is it not that even here is not the knowledge which man should have, and that for the purposes of happiness it is better for him not to know himself? — Pascal

driving the parties into the pockets of concentrated capital, increasingly financial: the Republicans reflexively, the Democrats - by now what used to be moderate Republicans - not far behind. — Noam Chomsky

It was the sort of noise that makes the silence that comes after it roll forward like a warm avalanche. — Terry Pratchett

Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it'll be ready when you really need it. — Brian K. Vaughan

I despise Birth-Control first because it is ... an entirely meaningless word; and is used so as to curry favour even with those who would first recoil from its real meaning. The proceeding these quack doctors recommend does not control any birth ... — Gilbert K. Chesterton

The true way goes over a rope which is not stretched at any great height but just above the ground. It seems more designed to make people stumble than to be walked upon. — Franz Kafka

If you don't like my songs, don't hear it. If you don't like my music videos, don't watch it. If you hate me, I don't care. — Miley Cyrus

I don't have a problem with how people receive the music. I feel like it's for everybody. — ASAP Ferg