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Quote by Rene Descartes
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.

Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. – Rene Descartes

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I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery. – Rene Descartes

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Hope
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Rene Descartes
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The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries. – Rene Descartes

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good
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Power is something of which I am convinced there is no innocence this side of the womb. – Nadine Gordimer

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power

I dont have a set of tenets, but I live an ethical life. I practice a humility that presupposes theres a power greater than myself. And I always believe, dont inflict harm where its not necessary. – Michael J. Fox

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power

Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions. – Barney Frank

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You cant trust anybody with power. – Newt Gingrich

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If Germany, thanks to Hitler and his successors, were to enslave the European nations and destroy most of the treasures of their past, future historians would certainly pronounce that she had civilized Europe. – Simone Weil

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Future

To believe a thing is impossible is to make it so. – Proverb

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Belief

For what is history, but… huge libel on human nature, to which we industriously add page after page, volume after volume, as if we were holding up a monument to the honor, rather than the infamy of our species. – Washington Irving, History of New York

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[R]eading time is still limited no matter how many commitments of work or friendship I am willing to ditch in favor of the pages. – Francis Spufford (b.1964), “Confessions of an English Fiction Eater,” The Child

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