#eli

War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it. ↗

— Desiderius Erasmus

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According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

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As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed. ↗

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

#belonging #cherishes #conviction #domain #flawed

I had gained the summit of a commanding ridge, and, looking round with astonishing delight, beheld the ample plains, the beauteous tracts below. ↗

— Daniel Boone

#astonishing #beheld #below #commanding #delight

When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves. ↗

— Emile M. Cioran

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I believe in letting each person find what they need and not getting involved with their destiny. ↗

— David Boreanaz

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Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either. ↗

— Evan Esar

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The major obstacle to a religious renewal is the intellectual classes, who are highly influential and tend to view religion as primitive superstition. They believe that science has left atheism as the only respectable intellectual stance. ↗

— Robert Bork

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Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures. ↗

— Evan Esar

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If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good. ↗

— James Boswell

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