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Dictators long ago found out it is easier to unite people in common hatred than common love.

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You cannot train a horse with shouts and expect it to obey a whisper.

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People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.

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Traditional history appears to be the defacto recognition of every evil deed that failed to be stopped or eliminated.

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Compassion is the only one of the human emotions the Lord permitted Himself and it has carried the divine flavor ever since.

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Happy the man who gains sagacity in youth, but thrice happy he who retains the fervour of youth in age.

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The worst thing that ever happened to writing is that it became a business, The purpose of business is to make money, and to achieve that end it is necessary to please as many people as possible, to amuse them, to entertain them - in short, to do everything that will help increase the volume of sales.

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That we have great men in our time and recent times is not because of our educational system, but rather in spite of it. They are the ones the teachers couldn't spoil.

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Dagobert D. Runes

Dagobert D. Runes

Born: January 6, 1902

Died: September 24, 1982 (aged 80)

Bio: Dagobert David Runes was a philosopher and author.

Known for:

The Hebrew impact on Western civilization (1951)
The art of thinking (1961)
Letters to My Daughter (1954)
The war against the Jew (1968)
Philosophy for everyman (1968)

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