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A people's literature is the great text-book for real knowledge of them.


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When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.



Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.

Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active.



To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful ... was a mark of the Greek spirit.



The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.

The power of good is shown not by triumphantly conquering evil, but by continuing to resist evil while facing certain defeat.



..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton

..,No love cannot leave where there is no trust..,~cupid and psyche..,"Greek mythology of Edith Hamilton



Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.

Responsibility is the price every man must pay for freedom.



A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.

A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.



To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.



It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.

It is not hard work that is dreary; it is superficial work.





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I preach a Gospel not of despair but of hope for the individual, hope for society, and hope for the world.

I preach a Gospel not of despair but of hope for the individual, hope for society, and hope for the world.



Some people brag about standing for something so hard and so much, that they do not realize that they are actually sitting.

Some people brag about standing for something so hard and so much, that they do not realize that they are actually sitting.



I never graduated to being an atheist. I only graduated to being an agnostic.

I never graduated to being an atheist. I only graduated to being an agnostic.



I want to get rid of Common Core.

I want to get rid of Common Core.



It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.

It is the duty of the State to educate, and the right of the people to demand education.



Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.

Those with certain temperaments find no way to endure themselves except by striving towards going under.



It's especially fitting that they call a cruise ship 'she,' for she is pregnant with a thousand adult embryos who long to stay forever warm and sheltered in this great white womb.

It's especially fitting that they call a cruise ship 'she,' for she is pregnant with a thousand adult embryos who long to stay forever warm and sheltered in this great white womb.



Monsanto can do anything they want to you, and put anything they want into your foods. There's nothing you can do about it.

Monsanto can do anything they want to you, and put anything they want into your foods. There's nothing you can do about it.



Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.



We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.

We don't always know what we're doing. We often just get excited, put something down, and say, 'Oh, neat'.




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