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“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”
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“Hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue.”
François de La Rochefoucauld, quoted in the London Guardian
“When you’re certain you cannot be fooled, you become easy to fool.”
Edward Teller, quoted in The New York Times
“The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.”
Benjamin Disraeli, quoted in the Lowell, Mass., Sun
“Nothing is permanent in this wicked world—not even our troubles.”
Charlie Chaplin, quoted in the Karachi, Pakistan, Dawn
