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Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.

—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1921

Think rich. Look poor.

—Andy Warhol, 1975

The human working stock is of interest only insofar as it is profitable.

—Simone de Beauvoir, 1970

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.

—B.F. Skinner, 1969

Other nations use “force”; we Britons alone use “might.”

—Evelyn Waugh, 1938

Secrets define us, they mark us, they set us apart from all the others. The secrets which we preserve provide a key to who we are, deep down.

—Nuruddin Farah, 1998

What is life but organized energy?

—Arthur C. Clarke, 1958

Speak and speed; the close mouth catches no flies.

—Benjamin Franklin, c. 1732

The highest result of education is tolerance.

—Helen Keller, 1903

Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.

—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841

The Revolution is made by man, but man must forge his revolutionary spirit from day to day.

—Che Guevara, 1968

Whatsoever is, is in God.

—Benedict de Spinoza, 1677

No real friendship without absolute liberty.

—George Sand, 1866