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Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.
A century hence, 2000 may be viewed as quite a primitive period in human history. It's something to hope for.
We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history.
Timothy Leary Interview by David Sheff in Rolling Stone Twentieth Anniversary Issue (1987)
But how many men are truly wise in their handling of women? In all history you can count them on the fingers of one thumb.
Some people would rather drown our domes in blood than learn anything from history. Or learn anything at all.
History, after all, is the record of appearances, not Reality; of doctrines, not of Silence.
Perhaps coming from the royal family, I had easier emotional access to a sense of Toromon’s history. Even at its best, that’s all an aristocracy is good for.
Revolutionary history shows that the People do not nurse their wounds. After defeat, they begin immediately planning the next step in the forward ever march.
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