The divine is everywhere, even in a grain of sand.
~ Caspar David Friedrich
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Category Archives: 1947 – Quote, Unquote
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Unmediated concepts veil the relations between objects and therefore the object which is known through them is not the capitalist system of production itself, but the ideology of its ruling class.
~ György Lukács
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The working class is immense, varied, and not all that amenable to being led. It’s more atomized, more independent-minded, more conspiracy-minded and cynical than it was a couple of generations ago.
~ George Packer via The Atlantic
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Fear of evil is greater than the evil itself.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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A prince who is not wise himself will never take good advice.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Every concept arises from the equation of unequal things.
~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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Everybody sees what you seem, but few know what thou art.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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Credulity is always greatest in times of calamity.
~ Charles MacKay
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You have to think carefully in advance about what you’re making and how you will make it, because for both architecture and industrial design, the cost of changing things afterward is much higher than the cost of better preparation.
~ Dieter Rams
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The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.
~ Niccolò Machiavelli
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