Stupidity is much the same all the world over.
JOHN STUART MILL
JOHN STUART MILL
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John Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill The fatal tendency of mankind to leave off thinking about a thing when it is no longer doubtful is the cause of half their errors.
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John Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
John Stuart MillJohn Stuart Mill How can great minds be produced in a country where the test of great minds is agreeing in the opinion of small minds?
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