They want it seen as evil, so they can more easily snatch what they did not earn." - Victor "'Profit' is a dirty word only to the leeches of the world.Nothing marks a man's character better than his attraction to intelligence." - Annalina "Ann" Aldurren "Oh, but how I do love it when men I respect marry smart women.Wizard's First Rule, Chapter 1, page 15." remembered what people always said, 'Trouble sires three children,' and knew immediately that he didn't want to meet the third child.".“There have always been those who hate, and there always will be.”.The Third Kingdom, Chapter 26, page 175.You can destroy those who speak the truth, but you cannot destroy the truth itself."Willfully turning aside from the truth is treason to one's self.".A contradiction cannot exist in reality.The Pillars of Creation, Chapter 60, page 549.As rational, thinking beings, we must use our intellect, not a blind devotion to what has come before, to make rational choices." To live life to its fullest, each day must be created anew. To live in the past is to embrace what is dead.
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The past can teach us, through experience, how to accomplish things in the future, comfort us with cherished memories, and provide the foundation of what has already been accomplished.
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Peoples' heads are full of knowledge, facts and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they're afraid it might be true. "People are stupid given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything.