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Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several h

Has there ever been a society which has died of dissent? Several have died of conformity in our lifetime. – Jacob Bronowski

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Every animal leaves traces of what it was man alone leaves traces of what he created. – Jacob Bronowski

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The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light justice and injustice, good and evil, means and ends are seen in fearful sharpness of outline. – Jacob Bronowski

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It seems to me that were in danger of losing sight of certain basic civic values in society by allowing the growth of a whole generation of people who really have no sense of attachment to society. – Alexander McCall Smith

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Most people in this society who arent actively mad are, at best, reformed or potential lunatics. – Susan Sontag

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I work with the Humane Society a lot and have three rescue cats. – Ian Somerhalder

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In return, society rewards those who give it what it wants. That is why how much money people have earned is a rough measure of how much they gave society what it wanted. – Ray Dalio

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When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it – this is knowledge. – Confucius

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