The most silent people are generally those who think most highly of themselves. William Hazlitt

Prejudice is the child of ignorance. William Hazlitt

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have. William Hazlitt

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. William Hazlitt

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own. William Hazlitt
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Never worry about being obsessive. I like obsessive people. Obsessive people make great art. Susan Sontag

Much of modern art is devoted to lowering the threshold of what is terrible. By getting us used to what, formerly, we could not bear to see or hear, because it was too shocking, painful, or embarrassing, art changes morals. Susan Sontag

Travel becomes a strategy for accumulating photographs. Susan Sontag

The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions. Susan Sontag
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Politics makes strange bed-fellows. Charles Dudley Warner

There was never a nation great until it came to the knowledge that it had nowhere in the world to go for help. Charles Dudley Warner

What a man needs in gardening is a cast-iron back, with a hinge in it. Charles Dudley Warner

Mud-pies gratify one of our first and best instincts. So long as we are dirty, we are pure. Charles Dudley Warner

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous. Charles Dudley Warner
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Every model of morally or politically correct sexual behavior will be subverted by nature’s daemonic law. Camille Paglia

Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy. Camille Paglia

Woman is the dominant sex. Men have to do all sorts of stuff to prove that they are worthy of woman’s attention. Camille Paglia

Women’s sexual powers are enormous. All cultures have seen it. Men know it. Women know it. The only people who don’t know it are feminists. Desensualized, desexualized, neurotic women. Camille Paglia
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The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons. Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The greatest homage to truth is to use it. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only reward of virtue is virtue. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only way to have a friend is to be one. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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