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Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.
Critics and Criticism
Crand Briton

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Politics are usually the executive expression of human immaturity.
Politicians and Politics
Vera Brittain

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The crux is that the vast majority of the mass of the universe seems to be missing.
Universe
William J. Broad

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The world has always gone through periods of madness so as to advance a bit on the road to reason.
Madness
Hermann Broch

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Those who live by the sea can hardly form a single thought of which the sea would not be part.
Sea
Hermann Broch

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The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.
Infinity
Joseph Brodsky

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The real history of consciousness starts with one's first lie.
Consciousness
Joseph Brodsky

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There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.
Books - Reading
Joseph Brodsky

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What I like about cities is that everything is king size, the beauty and the ugliness.
Cities and City Life
Joseph Brodsky

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Any established village; could afford a town drunkard, a town atheist, and a few Democrats.
Politicians and Politics
Denis E. Brogan

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TV is a fickle business. I'm only good for the length of my contract.
Television
Tom Brokaw

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As soils are depleted, human health, vitality and intelligence go with them.
Ecology
Louis Bromfield

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Both men and women are fallible. The difference is, women know it.
Fallibility
Eleanor Bron

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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
Science and Scientists
Jacob Bronowski

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Power is the by-product of understanding.
Power
Jacob Bronowski

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The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.
Mind
Jacob Bronowski

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We gain our ends only with the laws of nature; we control her only by understanding her laws.
Conflict
Jacob Bronowski

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Consistency, madam, is the first of Christian duties.
Consistency
Charlotte Bronte

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Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
Death and Dying
Emily Bronte

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Proud people breed sad sorrows for themselves.
Pride
Emily Bronte

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The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him, they crush those beneath them.
Tyranny
Emily Bronte

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All the little emptiness of love!
Love
Rupert Brooke

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Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night.
Cities and City Life
Rupert Brooke

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Stands the Church clock at ten to three? And is there honey still for tea?
Heritage
Rupert Brooke

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The cool kindliness of sheets, that soon smooth away trouble; and the rough male kiss of blankets.
Bed
Rupert Brooke

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun