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Quote by Joseph Conrad
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right arg

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. – Joseph Conrad

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Each blade of grass has its spot on earth whence it draws its life, its strength and so is man rooted to the land from which he draws his faith together with his life. – Joseph Conrad

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Faith
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Joseph Conrad
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It is when we try to grapple with another mans intimate need that we perceive how incomprehensible, wavering, and misty are the beings that share with us the sight of the stars and the warmth of the sun. – Joseph Conrad

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People
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We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. – Calvin Coolidge

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Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. – William Cobbett

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Concentration of executive power, unless its very temporary and for specific circumstances, lets say fighting world war two, its an assault on democracy. – Noam Chomsky

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The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all. – Origen

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I envy paranoids; they actually feel people are paying attention to them. – Susan Sontag

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Kids today are smarter than we ever were. And theyve got computers, too, which is awesome. Theyre scary to me. – David Arquette

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A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours. – William R. Inge

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People who want to share their religious views with you almost never want you to share yours with them. – Dave Barry

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