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Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

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All men are ordinary men; the extraordinary men are those who know it.
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Inspirational Man Ordinary Value Worth
CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
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Civilization Communication Judgement Speed
The past is not what it was.
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One Liner Past
We need to be reminded more than we need to be instructed.
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Instruction Need Reminder
Thanks are the highest form of thought.
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Gratitude Thankful Thinking
It isn’t that they can’t see the solution. It is that they can’t see the problem.
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Problem See Solution
If you argue with a madman, it is extremely probable that you will get the worst of it; for in many ways his mind moves all the quicker for not being delayed by the things that go with good judgment.
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Argument Judgement Mad Man Worst Yourself
Passion makes every detail important.
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Detail Important Passion
The essence of all pantheism, evolutionism, and modern cosmic religion is really this proposition: that nature is our mother. Unfortunately, if you regard Nature as a mother, you discover she is a step-mother.
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Discover Essence Mom Nature Ourselves Religion
Those who leave the tradition of truth do not escape into something which we call Freedom. They only escape into something else, which we call Fashion.
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Call Escape Fashion Leaving Tradition
America is the only country ever founded on a creed.
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Build Country Foundation Religion
I don’t need a church to tell me I’m wrong where I already know I’m wrong; I need a Church to tell me I’m wrong where I think I’m right.
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Myself Religion Right Thinking Wrong
The things we see every day are the things we never see at all.
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Day Deep Eyes See
For when we cease to worship God, we do not worship nothing, we worship anything.
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Existence God Refuse Worship
There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.
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Business Difference Ideal State System
A thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.
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Construction Creation Existence Love

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