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Tag Archives: things-to-remember

The fallen of Word War 2 – a stunning visualisation

A stunning and powerful visualisation of the cost of lives in World War 2. Well worth watching!

Posted byJoop Beris2015-06-102018-06-04Posted inHistoryTags: history, things-to-remember, World War 2Leave a comment on The fallen of Word War 2 – a stunning visualisation

Governed by your inferiors

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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. Plato

Posted byJoop Beris2013-02-172018-06-06Posted inQuotesTags: things-to-rememberLeave a comment on Governed by your inferiors

The power of instruction

The power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous. — Gibbon

Posted byJoop Beris2012-09-192019-06-17Posted inQuotesTags: micro, things-to-rememberLeave a comment on The power of instruction

Two memorable quotes

Pretty sure some people were conceived during anal sex. There is no way being that much of an asshole is natural. Staying quiet doesn’t mean I have nothing to say. It means I don’t think you are ready to hear my thoughts.

Posted byJoop Beris2012-07-302019-06-17Posted inQuotesTags: asshole, quiet, things-to-rememberLeave a comment on Two memorable quotes

Conformity

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. – JFK

Posted byJoop Beris2012-07-112019-06-17Posted inQuotesTags: conformity, things-to-rememberLeave a comment on Conformity

Reason

To argue with a person who has renounced the use of reason is like administering medicine to the dead. – Thomas Paine

Posted byJoop Beris2012-04-262015-06-17Posted inQuotesTags: micro, reason, things-to-rememberLeave a comment on Reason

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