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While the earth was left to its natural fertility and covered with immense forests, whose trees were never mutilated by the axe, it would present on every side both sustenance and shelter for every species of animal. #JeanJacquesRousseau

While the earth was left to its natural fertility and covered with immense forests, whose trees were never mutilated by the axe, it would present on every side both sustenance and shelter for every species of animal. #JeanJacquesRousseau — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 25, 2026

By the end of [1950s], the average marriage age of women in America dropped to 20, and was still dropping, into the teens. [14M] girls were engaged by 17. The proportion of women attending college in comparison with men dropped from [47%] in 1920 to [35%] in 1958. #BettyFriedan

By the end of [1950s], the average marriage age of women in America dropped to 20, and was still dropping, into the teens. [14M] girls were engaged by 17. The proportion of women attending college in comparison with men dropped from [47%] in 1920 to [35%] in 1958. #BettyFriedan — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 24, 2026

The moment anyone becomes famous should always be considered--by those who really care for them--as a time for mourning. #TheSchoolOfLife

The moment anyone becomes famous should always be considered--by those who really care for them--as a time for mourning. #TheSchoolOfLife — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 23, 2026

The idea that we're pleasure-seeking animals tragically constrained by the encumbrances of civilization is a lot more palatable than the idea that we're destruction-seeking animals pursuing opportunities to degrade and humiliate ourselves in front of the world. #LauraKipnis

The idea that we're pleasure-seeking animals tragically constrained by the encumbrances of civilization is a lot more palatable than the idea that we're destruction-seeking animals pursuing opportunities to degrade and humiliate ourselves in front of the world. #LauraKipnis — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 21, 2026

A connected and educated populace, at least in aggregate and over the long run, is bound to be disabused of poisonous beliefs, such as that members of other races and ethnicities are innately avaricious or perfidious #StevenPinker

A connected and educated populace, at least in aggregate and over the long run, is bound to be disabused of poisonous beliefs, such as that members of other races and ethnicities are innately avaricious or perfidious #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 19, 2026

Krsna consciousness simply deals with our eternal relationship with Him and the process of discharging our relative duties to Him. #ACPrabhupada

Krsna consciousness simply deals with our eternal relationship with Him and the process of discharging our relative duties to Him. #ACPrabhupada — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 17, 2026

Love is a kind of insanity, and many people have, while crazed with passion, ruined their lives and those of others. #JonathanHaidt

Love is a kind of insanity, and many people have, while crazed with passion, ruined their lives and those of others. #JonathanHaidt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 16, 2026

What seems unreasonable, unrealistic and impossible today can turn out to be inevitable tomorrow. It's time for a new realism. It's time for a new view of humankind. #RutgerBregman

What seems unreasonable, unrealistic and impossible today can turn out to be inevitable tomorrow. It's time for a new realism. It's time for a new view of humankind. #RutgerBregman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 10, 2026

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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