Conflictis the gadfly

Conflictis the gadfly
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
  

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Aperson whose heart is not content is like a snake which tries to swallow anelephant.
It is mark of a good man not to know how to do an injury.
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing:
Sayingnothing... sometimes says the most.
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