A common allegiance to form of expression

“A common allegiance to form of expression that is identified with no single national unit is likely to prove one of the most potent symbols of the freedom of the human spirit that the world has yet known.”

— Edward Sapir

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Category: freedom
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The compulsion to do good is an

“The compulsion to do good is an innate American trait. Only North Americans seem to believe that they always should, may, and actually can choose somebody with whom to share their blessings. Ultimately this attitude leads to bombing people into the acceptance of gifts.”

— Ivan Illich

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Category: attitude
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If no other knowledge deserves to be

“If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society, then Mythology has no claim to the appellation.”

— Thomas Bulfinch

Author: Thomas Bulfinch
Category: knowledge
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