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Just as the DSM is thoroughly revised every ten or fifteen years, the classification of strengths and virtues (known among positive psychologists as the un-DSM) is sure to be revised and improved in a few years. #JonathanHaidt

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Just as the DSM is thoroughly revised every ten or fifteen years, the classification of strengths and virtues (known among positive psychologists as the un-DSM) is sure to be revised and improved in a few years. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 9, 2026
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The quotation falsely attributed to Stalin, 'One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic,' gets the numbers wrong but captures a real fact about human psychology. #StevenPinker

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The quotation falsely attributed to Stalin, 'One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic,' gets the numbers wrong but captures a real fact about human psychology. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 5, 2026
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And the beauty of Laplace's Law is that it works equally well whether we have a single data point or millions of them. #BrianChristian

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And the beauty of Laplace's Law is that it works equally well whether we have a single data point or millions of them. #BrianChristian — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 5, 2026
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Another day, coming out of the supermarket, amidst a throng of people, you catch sight of a face for no longer than eight seconds and yet, here too, you feel the same overwhelming certainty--and, subsequently, a bittersweet sadness at their disappearance... #TheSchoolOfLife

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Another day, coming out of the supermarket, amidst a throng of people, you catch sight of a face for no longer than eight seconds and yet, here too, you feel the same overwhelming certainty--and, subsequently, a bittersweet sadness at their disappearance... #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 4, 2026
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The only actions for which a person is accountable to society, Mill argues, are those that affect others. As long as I am not harming anyone else, my independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. #MichaelSandel

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The only actions for which a person is accountable to society, Mill argues, are those that affect others. As long as I am not harming anyone else, my independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign. #MichaelSandel — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 3, 2026
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The public apparently felt that restrictions on freedom of speech would do more harm to society than would allowing pornographic publications; hence the public had a tolerant attitude. #QianNing

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The public apparently felt that restrictions on freedom of speech would do more harm to society than would allowing pornographic publications; hence the public had a tolerant attitude. #QianNing — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 28, 2026
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We [men] are in prison because the traditional breadwinning expectation of manhood can't be met, or the pressure to conform is too great, or the option of violence has been frowned upon but implicitly sanctioned since we were children. #RobertWebb

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We [men] are in prison because the traditional breadwinning expectation of manhood can't be met, or the pressure to conform is too great, or the option of violence has been frowned upon but implicitly sanctioned since we were children. #RobertWebb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 26, 2026
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