Quote by Leon Trotsky
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Life is not an easy matter… You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness. – Leon Trotsky

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The depth and strength of a human character are defined by its moral reserves. People reveal themselves completely only when they are thrown out of the customary conditions of their life, for only then do they have to fall back on their reserves. – Leon Trotsky

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Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man. – Leon Trotsky

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Learning carries within itself certain dangers because out of necessity one has to learn from ones enemies. – Leon Trotsky

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No human being, however great, or powerful, was ever so free as a fish. – John Ruskin

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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers. – Denis Diderot

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Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated. – Coretta Scott King

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