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The strategic adversary is fascism... the fascism in us all, in our heads and in our everyday behavior, the fascism that causes us to love power, to desire the very thing that dominates and exploits us. Michel Foucault

Love Behavior Power Everyday Our Heads Adversary Causes Very To Love Us Exploits Strategic Fascism Thing Desire

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories. Michel de Montaigne

Failure Some Triumphant More Than Victories Defeats

Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know. Michel de Montaigne

Nothing Firmly Know Least Believed

We can be knowledgable with other men's knowledge but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom. Michel de Montaigne

Wisdom Knowledge Wise Men Other We Cannot Cannot

Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition. Michel de Montaigne

Man Every Bears Condition Human Human Condition Stamp Whole Every Man

One ought to look a good deal at oneself before thinking of condemning others. Moliere

Good Before Thinking Others Ought Oneself Look Deal Condemning Good Deal

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. Moliere

Great History Political Books Dancing Great Leaders Misfortunes Arisen Leaders Merely Failures Tragic History Books Lack Blunders Mankind Skill Fill Ills

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy. Napoleon Bonaparte

History Virtue Philosophy Well Skepticism

Every action we take, everything we do, is either a victory or defeat in the struggle to become what we want to be. Ninon de L'Enclos

Struggle Victory Become Action Defeat Every Everything Take Want Either

There will be a great loss of learning before the moon's full cycle is completed. Fire and floods will be fomented by ignorant rulers; much time will go by before it is rectified. Nostradamus

Time Great Learning Will Moon Fire Before Completed Rulers Go Loss Much Cycle Ignorant Full Floods

And what's more I've got no need for anyone to tell me how to do it. I am not interested. You act how you want to and leave me alone to do my own thing. Olivier Martinez

Alone Me You Own Tell My Own More Got How Am Leave Leave Me Alone Want Anyone Not Interested Interested Act Thing Need

There are so many things in life that make you sad, you have to be happy. Paul Pogba

Sad Life You Be Happy Happy Make Many Things

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. Paul Valery

Future Time Trouble Our Times Used

The antiquity and general acceptance of an opinion is not assurance of its truth. Pierre Bayle

Truth Acceptance Assurance General Opinion Antiquity

A painting that is well composed is half finished. Pierre Bonnard

Art Finished Half Painting Composed Well

If we are to be happy, we must first react against our tendency to follow the line of least resistance, a tendency that causes us either to remain as we are, or to look primarily to activities external to ourselves for what will provide new impetus to our lives. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Be Happy Happy Will First Our Our Lives Ourselves Must Follow Remain Tendency Impetus Primarily New Look React Least Causes Line Provide Either Against Us Activities Lives Resistance External

I hope that posterity will judge me kindly, not only as to the things which I have explained, but also to those which I have intentionally omitted so as to leave to others the pleasure of discovery. Rene Descartes

Hope Me Judge Will Others Pleasure Those Kindly Posterity Only Also Judge Me Leave Discovery Intentionally Which Explained Things

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error. Rene Descartes

Amazing Mind Consider Indeed Weak Prone How Am Amazed Error

When it is not in our power to follow what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable. Rene Descartes

Power Ought Our Follow True Most Probable

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Sad Love Past Had Longer Because Am Ashamed Present

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