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Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing, he finds another thing, he sees through the veil of his preconception, he criticizes before he has apprehended, he condemns without allowing his instinct the chance of asserting itself.
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What we ask of him is, that he should find out for us more than we can find out for ourselves.... He must have the passion of a lover.
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Vaguely conscious of that great suspense in which we live, we find our escape from its sterile, annihilating reality in many dreams, in religion, passion, art.
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In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?
Frédéric Bastiat
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Born:
February 28, 1865
Died:
January 22, 1945
(aged 79)
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