"It is an infantile superstition of the human spirit that virginity would be thought a virtue and not the barrier that separates ignorance from knowledge."

Thought, Knowledge, Virtue, Ignorance

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"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

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"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Never underestimate the power of a simple thought."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Knowledge is intellectual art."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Thought, Knowledge, Art, Intellect, Learning

"If we should think, we should dwell on pure thoughts."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Knowledge is life."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Thought, Knowledge, Life, Growth, Insight

"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Thought, Name, Presidency

"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher

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"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Thought, Running, Question, Exercise

"You are not a human being, but you are a thinking and dreaming machine."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

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"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year."

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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

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"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."

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"The punishment of criminals should be of use when a man is hanged he is good for nothing."

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"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

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"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."

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"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

"Never underestimate the power of a simple thought."

"Knowledge is intellectual art."

"If we should think, we should dwell on pure thoughts."

"Knowledge is life."

"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency."

"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."

"You are not a human being, but you are a thinking and dreaming machine."

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"Business is the salt of life."

"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe."

"Opinion has caused more trouble on this little earth than plagues or earthquakes."

"The opportunity for doing mischief is found a hundred times a day, and of doing good once in a year."

"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."

"The punishment of criminals should be of use when a man is hanged he is good for nothing."

"I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it."

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."