“Power without legitimacy tempts tests of strength; legitimacy without power tempts empty posturing.”

― Henry Kissinger, Diplomacy

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“Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.”

― David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

“In all cases positive palaeontological evidence may be implicitly trusted; negative evidence is worthless, as experience has so often shown.”

― Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species

“There is only one thing I should like better; and that would be to see the Philosopher making the same sort of meal himself, with the same relish.”

― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“It's only because of their stupidity that they're able to be so sure of themselves.”

― Franz Kafka, The Trial

“There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark.”

― J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers

“it is weak and silly to say you cannot bear what it is your fate to be required to bear.”

― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“The human and fallible should not arrogate a power with which the divine and perfect alone can be safely intrusted.”

― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“One must always be careful of books . . . and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”

― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel

“Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives.”

― Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot

“History is made by men and women of vision and courage. Tonight freedom is on the march.”

― Ronald Reagan, State of the Union Address

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