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" An educated person is one who, through the travail of his own life, has assimilated the ideas that make him representative of his culture. "
Mortimer Adler
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Life
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" When we ask for love, we don't ask others to be fair to us-but rather to care for us, to be considerate of us. There is a world of difference here between demanding justice... and begging or pleading for love. "
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" Being influential is not the mark of a great book. "
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" Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men. "
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" I wonder if most people ever ask themselves why love is connected with reproduction. And if they do ask themselves about this, I wonder what answer they give. "
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