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For more than 260 years, scientists from Kew have explored every corner of the world documenting the rich diversity of plants and fungi. We were beacons of discovery and science, but also beacons of privilege and exploitation. #RichardDeverell

For more than 260 years, scientists from Kew have explored every corner of the world documenting the rich diversity of plants and fungi. We were beacons of discovery and science, but also beacons of privilege and exploitation. #RichardDeverell — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

As long as people don't know about asexuality [not knowing that saying no forever and for any reason and in any context is okay] sex education, sex therapy, and popular depictions of sex are incomplete and people don't have the relevant information to fully consent. #AngelaChen

As long as people don't know about asexuality [not knowing that saying no forever and for any reason and in any context is okay] sex education, sex therapy, and popular depictions of sex are incomplete and people don't have the relevant information to fully consent. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

Don't hire people just to fit the first job they will do; hire people you want to share your life with. #RayDalio

Don't hire people just to fit the first job they will do; hire people you want to share your life with. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

We were bothered by sex because it is a fundamentally disruptive, overwhelming and demented force, strongly at odds with the majority of our ambitions and all but incapable of being discreetly integrated within civilized society. #AlaindeBotton

We were bothered by sex because it is a fundamentally disruptive, overwhelming and demented force, strongly at odds with the majority of our ambitions and all but incapable of being discreetly integrated within civilized society. #AlaindeBotton — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

If pupils suffer from attention disorders, stress and low grades, perhaps we ought to blame outdated teaching methods, overcrowded classrooms and an unnaturally fast tempo of life. #YuvalNoahHarari

If pupils suffer from attention disorders, stress and low grades, perhaps we ought to blame outdated teaching methods, overcrowded classrooms and an unnaturally fast tempo of life. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 3, 2026

It's easy to say that sex is important and it's harder to be vulnerable enough to say that sex is important because a lack of sex creates fear and insecurity. #AngelaChen

It's easy to say that sex is important and it's harder to be vulnerable enough to say that sex is important because a lack of sex creates fear and insecurity. #AngelaChen — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2026

Peoples once accustomed to masters are not in a condition to do without them. If they attempt to shake off the yoke, they still more estrange themselves from freedom, as [...] they nearly always manage [...] to hand themselves over to seducers ... #JeanJacquesRousseau

Peoples once accustomed to masters are not in a condition to do without them. If they attempt to shake off the yoke, they still more estrange themselves from freedom, as [...] they nearly always manage [...] to hand themselves over to seducers ... #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Feb 2, 2026