#wit

The real democratic American idea is, not that every man shall be on a level with every other man, but that every man shall have liberty to be what God made him, without hindrance. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. ↗

— Henry Ward Beecher

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I just have a lot of respect for Terry and his family. He played without a mask, and his life was tragically ended. And it just means a lot to me to be up there with him and the other greats that have played that long. ↗

— Ed Belfour

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And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#discrimination #each #other #ourselves #practice

The art of the critic in a nutshell: to coin slogans without betraying ideas. The slogans of an inadequate criticism peddle ideas to fashion. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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It is vain to talk of the interest of the community, without understanding what is the interest of the individual. ↗

— Jeremy Bentham

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Some of the greatest battles will be fought within the silent chambers of your own soul. ↗

— Ezra Taft Benson

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When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own. ↗

— John Berger

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Publicity is the life of this culture - in so far as without publicity capitalism could not survive - and at the same time publicity is its dream. ↗

— John Berger

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All the choir of heaven and furniture of earth - in a word, all those bodies which compose the frame of the world - have not any subsistence without a mind. ↗

— George Berkeley

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