Common sense isn't.
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| The result of civilization, at the Sandwich Islands and elsewhere, is found productive to the civilizers, destructive to the civilizees. It is said to be compensation—a very philosophical word; but it appears to be very much on the principle of the old game, “You lose, I win”: good philosophy for the winner. |
| ~ Herman Melville (1819–1891), U.S. author. “The South Seas” (1858-59), The Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces 1839-1860, The Writings of Herman Melville, vol. 9, eds. Harrison Hayford, Alma A. MacDougall, and G. Thomas Tanselle (1987). A lecture. ~ |
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| It is essential to die unreconciled and not of one's own free will. Suicide is a repudiation. The absurd man can only drain everything to the bitter end, and deplete himself. The absurd is his extreme tension, which he maintains constantly by solitary effort, for he knows that in that consciousness and in that day-to-day revolt he gives proof of his only truth, which is defiance. This is a first consequence. |
| ~ The Myth of Sisyphus, An Absurd Reasoning, Absurd Freedom, Albert Camus (1913 - 1960) ~ |
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| There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic. A man's own observation, what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of, is the best physic to preserve health. |
| ~ Francis Bacon, Of Regimen of Health. ~ |
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| Crucial to the hermeneutical approach is the Mahayana principle of the four reliances. These are: (i) reliance on the teaching, not on the teacher; |
| ~ The Path to Tranquility, May 27, 14th Dalai Lama ~ |
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| Well, I mean, YES idealism, YES the dignity of pure research, YES the pursuit of truth in all its forms, but there comes a point I'm afraid where you begin to suspect that if there's all REAL truth, it's that the entire multi- dimensional infinity of the Universe is almost certainly being run by a bunch of maniacs. And if it comes to a choice between spending yet another 10 million years finding that out, and on the other hand just taking the money and running, then I for one could do with the exercise. |
| ~ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy ~ |
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| A life of only a single day spent in firm commitment and effort is better than living a hundred years lazy and confused. |
| ~Thousands ~ |
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| Government: Government should not be made an end in itself; it is a means only -- a means to be freely adapted to advance the best interests of the social organism. The state exists for the sake of society, not society for the sake of the state. |
| ~ Woodrow Wilson ---The State; Elements of Historical and Practical Politics (1911) ~ |
Common sense isn't.
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