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Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics. #LordChesterfield

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Women are much more like each other than men: they have, in truth, but two passions, vanity and love; these are their universal characteristics. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2025
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Among the winners, it generates hubris; among the losers, humiliation and resentment. These moral sentiments are at the heart of the populist uprising against elites. #MichaelSandel

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Among the winners, it generates hubris; among the losers, humiliation and resentment. These moral sentiments are at the heart of the populist uprising against elites. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2025
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Then you realize that even if you'd tried to make it all turn out perfectly, you couldn't have done better, and if you'd really tried, you would have made a mess of the whole thing. #BenjaminHoff

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Then you realize that even if you'd tried to make it all turn out perfectly, you couldn't have done better, and if you'd really tried, you would have made a mess of the whole thing. #BenjaminHoff — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2025
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Over time the body inevitably deteriorates. Sooner or later, it's defeated and disappears. When the body disintegrates, the spirit also (most likely) is gone too. I'm well aware of that. However, I'd like to postpone, for as long as I possibly can... #HarukiMurakami

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Over time the body inevitably deteriorates. Sooner or later, it's defeated and disappears. When the body disintegrates, the spirit also (most likely) is gone too. I'm well aware of that. However, I'd like to postpone, for as long as I possibly can... #HarukiMurakami — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2025
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This raises the possibility that the immense improvement in material conditions over the last two centuries was offset by the collapse of the family and the community. #YuvalNoahHarari

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This raises the possibility that the immense improvement in material conditions over the last two centuries was offset by the collapse of the family and the community. #YuvalNoahHarari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2025
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...there's likely more insight to be gleaned where others aren't looking--it just won't seem as relevant to the current conversation... researchers who are out in the weeds can expect fewer citations (even if a small number of them will make big, juicy discoveries) #RobinHanson

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...there's likely more insight to be gleaned where others aren't looking--it just won't seem as relevant to the current conversation... researchers who are out in the weeds can expect fewer citations (even if a small number of them will make big, juicy discoveries) #RobinHanson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2025
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We've underestimated utilitarianism because we've overestimated our own minds. We've mistakenly assumed that our gut reactions are reliable guides to moral truth. #JoshuaGreene

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We've underestimated utilitarianism because we've overestimated our own minds. We've mistakenly assumed that our gut reactions are reliable guides to moral truth. #JoshuaGreene — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2025
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