Man makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such as he finds close at hand.
KARL MARXAnyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.
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I’ve seen the meanness of humans till I don’t know why God ain’t put out the sun and gone away.
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The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good.
JAMES ALLEN -
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ANDREW BREITBART -
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I’m just looking for an angel with a broken wing.
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It is all very well to say that children are happier with mud pies and rag dolls than with these elaborate delights.
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