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The men who had hated [the book], and had not particularly loved Helvétius, flocked round him now. Voltaire forgave him all injuries, intentional or unintentional. 'What a fuss about an omelette!' he had exclaimed when he heard of the burning. How abominably unjust to persecute a man for such an airy trifle as that! 'I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it,' was his attitude now.: S. G. Tallentyre, referring to Voltaire. Often attributed to Voltaire.
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778), Essay on Tolerance
The chief weapon of sea pirates, however, was their capacity to astonish. Nobody else could believe, until it was too late, how heartless and greedy they were.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Breakfast of Champions
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During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that he had somehow accomplished something worthwhile in the process of making the Supreme Sacrifice.: Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007), Hocus Pocus
The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word.: Mata Hari (1876 - 1917)
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The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without. Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become "one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions": a rebel. If enough people come to agree with, and follow, the Rebel, we now have a Devil. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have --- Greatness.: Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947)
I want to grow. I want to be better. You grow. We all grow. We're made to grow. You either evolve or you disappear.: Tupac Shakur, Tupac: Resurrection 1971-1996
If I find 10,000 ways something won't work, I haven't failed. I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt discarded is another step forward.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), Encyclopaedia Britannica
A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.: C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved for who I'm not.: Kurt Cobain (1967 - 1994)

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