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""Tomorrow is another promising day"" »karench
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"Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising." »Cyril Connolly
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"A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life." »Robertson Davies
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"Experience does not ever err. It is only your judgment that errs in promising itself results which are not caused by your experiments." »Leonardo da Vinci, Notebooks
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"Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other." »Oscar Ameringer
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"Existence, as we know it, is full of sorrow. To mention only one minor point every man is a condemned criminal, only he does not know the date of his execution. This is unpleasant for every man. Consequently every man does everything possible to postpone the date, and would sacrifice anything that he has if he could reverse the sentence. Practically all religions and all philosophies have started thus crudely, by promising their adherents some such reward as immortality. No religion has failed hitherto by not promising enough the present breaking up of all religions is due to the fact that people have asked to see the securities. Men have even renounced the important material advantages which a well-organized religion may confer upon a State, rather than acquiesce in fraud or falsehood, or even in any system which, if not proved guilty, is at least unable to demonstrate its innocence. Being more or less bankrupt, the best thing that we can do is to attack the problem afresh without preconceived ideas. Let us begin by doubting every statement. Let us find a way of subjecting every statement to the test of experiment. Is there any truth at all in the claims of various religions Let us examine the question." »Aleister Crowley
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"Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven." »Charles Williams
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"Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and plain shiftlessness." »Robertson Davies
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""A school cannot exist as a permanent form of education.
It can only exist until the student discovers that they can learn
more themselves from the real world. From that moment on
the majority always look for the most promising place the highest
wisdom outside of school, with the result of schooling
always collapsing over lifes education."" »Paul. F. Meekin
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"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over lousy fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average of the world's great civilizations before they decline has been 200 years. These nations have progressed in this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; from faith to great courage; from courage to liberty; from liberty to abundance; from abundance to selfishness; from selfishness to Complacency; from complacency to apathy; from apathy to dependency; from dependency back again to bondage." »Alexander Fraser Tyler, Cycle of Democracy (1770)
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