Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) German philosopher
Source: Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals/On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns
“When the same person or persons (or the same type of person) leads a movement from its inception to maturity, it usually ends in disaster.”
— Eric Hoffer, book The True Believer
The True Believer (1951), Part Four: Beginning and End
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Source: Blue-Eyed Devil
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Variant: Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.
Source: Men at Arms
“We might express this as "all persons are I" or rather as "you and I are the same person."”
Arnold Zuboff (1946) American philosopher
" An Introduction to Universalism http://nsl.com/misc/zuboff/zuboff1.htm" p. 5
“It is impossible to love the same person twice.”
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Arnold Zuboff (1946) American philosopher
" My 8 Big Ideas https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286624424_My_8_Big_Ideas" (2011), p. 9
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Book II, 2.40-[3]
History of the Peloponnesian War, Book II
Context: Again, in our enterprises we present the singular spectacle of daring and deliberation, each carried to its highest point, and both united in the same persons; although usually decision is the fruit of ignorance, hesitation of reflection. But the palm of courage will surely be adjudged most justly to those, who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger. In generosity we are equally singular, acquiring our friends by conferring, not by receiving, favours.
“No two persons ever read the same book.”
Edmund Wilson (1895–1972) American writer, literary and social critic, and noted man of letters
“You notice a very special person, when he can make even you the same.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: Ti accorgi di una persona veramente speciale, quando riesce a rendere tale anche te.
Source: prevale.net