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Russian proverb

Wolves are not killed because they are gray, but because they eat sheep.

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William of Ockham

It is pointless to do with more what can be done with fewer.

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William of Ockham

Plurality is never to be posited without necessity.

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Nat Hentoff

Picture 10Those who created this country chose freedom. With all of its dangers.

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Nat Hentoff

Picture 10Means and ends are central. If your means are corroded, your ends will be corroded. And if you’re fighting to preserve liberty and you use means that eviscerate our liberties, the end will be corroded, too.

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Oscar Wilde

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

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Oscar Wilde

People who count their chickens before they are hatched act very wisely because chickens run about so absurdly that it’s impossible to count them accurately.

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Oscar Wilde

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

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Zeno of Citium

We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.

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Zeno of Citium

All the good are friends of one another.