Francis Bacon's Quote - What is truth? said jesting Pilate and would not stay for an answe

You philosophers are sages in your maxims, and fools in your conduct. – Madame Gout to Mr. Benjamin Franklin, “Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout,”

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Philosophy

The madness of depression is the antithesis of violence. It is a storm indeed, but a storm of murk. Soon evident are the slowed-down responses, near paralysis, psychic energy throttled back close to zero. Ultimately, the body is affected and feels sapped, drained. – William Styron

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Depression

Life has got a habit of not standing hitched. You got to ride it like you find it. You got to change with it. If a day goes by that dont change some of your old notions for new ones, that is just about like trying to milk a dead cow. – Woody Guthrie

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Change

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerence. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance. – Maya Angelou

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Black History