Thread in which we quote famous philosophers, statesmen, and playwrights

Was looking for another quote by John Locke and ran across this gem:
He who appropriates land to himself by his labor, does not lessen but increases the common stock of mankind. For the provisions serving to the support of human life, produced by one acre of inclosed and cultivated land, are … ten times more than those which are yielded by an acre of land, of an equal richness lying waste in common. And therefore he that incloses land and has a greater plenty of the conveniences of life from ten acres than he could have from a hundred left to nature, may truly be said to give ninety acres to mankind.
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Locke is one of the greatest minds that ever lived. It all comes from him.
 
"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

- Mother Teresa
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Counter point...

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As I recall, the Vatican had Hitch provide an opposing view during Mother Theresa's canonization.

I respect them both.
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Agree. I think Mother Theresa's heart was in the right place, but I think it's fair game to state the obvious here: which is that the most proven method of reducing poverty throughout the world is to not have more mouths than you can feed. RCC stance on BC flies in the face of this.[/b]
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I'm not at all trying to convince you of the doctrine. However, it's far more nuanced than that.
 
Mods, smart people, a ????

There was a quote or sentiment from a Locke-era European political philosopher on the notion of free speech, which had something like that even falsehoods serve to make truth more evident. Anyone remember who that was?
 
Mods, smart people, a ????

There was a quote or sentiment from a Locke-era European political philosopher on the notion of free speech, which had something like that even falsehoods serve to make truth more evident. Anyone remember who that was?
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@RaceBannon was there.
 
"People are often unreasonable, irrational, and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some unfaithful friends and some genuine enemies. Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and sincere people may deceive you. Be honest and sincere anyway.

What you spend years creating, others could destroy overnight. Create anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, some may be jealous. Be happy anyway.

The good you do today, will often be forgotten. Do good anyway.

Give the best you have, and it will never be enough. Give your best anyway.

In the final analysis, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway."

- Mother Teresa
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Counter point...

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As I recall, the Vatican had Hitch provide an opposing view during Mother Theresa's canonization.

I respect them both.
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Agree. I think Mother Theresa's heart was in the right place, but I think it's fair game to state the obvious here: which is that the most proven method of reducing poverty throughout the world is to not have more mouths than you can feed. RCC stance on BC flies in the face of this.[/b]
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I'm not at all trying to convince you of the doctrine. However, it's far more nuanced than that.
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Like much of life, it probably is. Another thread for another day, however.
 
Kill a few people, and they call you a murderer. Kill a million, and you’re a conqueror.

- Eric Qualen.
 
“I hope they now go and take a look at the oranges, the oranges of the investigation, the beginnings of that investigation. You look at the origin of the investigation, where it started, how it started, who started it, whether it’s McCabe or Comey or a lot of them.

“Where does it go, how high up in the White House did it go? You will all get Pulitzer Prizes, OK? You’ll all get Pulitzer Prizes. You should have looked at it a long time ago and that’s the only thing that’s disappointing to me about the Mueller report.

“The Mueller report I wished covered the oranges, how it started, the beginnings of the investigation, how it started. It didn’t cover that, and for some reason none of that was discussed.”
 
"Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." Arthur C. Clarke

"For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry God. Bloody Mary full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails. Pray for me now and at the hour of my death, which I hope is soon. Amen." Archer
 
which reminds me Ed, how's your mom?

plastic man's sidekick as Plasticman turns his head inside out

MAD magazine (actually might have been a book)
 
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it

-George Bernard Shaw
 
“The world ends when you’re dead. Until then, you got more punishment in store. Stand it like a man… and give some back.” - Al Swearengen
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I think I’ll make this my email signature at work.
 
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