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Karl Marx Quote: “The product of mental labor – …”

The product of mental labor – science – always stands far below its value, because the labor-time necessary to reproduce it has no relation at all to the labor-time required for its original production.

December 4, 2019 1818, German, Karl Marx, May 5, Quotes by Philosophers

Benjamin E. Mays Quote: “The tragedy of life is often…”

The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities.

November 20, 2019 1895, American, August 1, Benjamin E. Mays, Quotes by Educators

Thomas Carlyle Quote: “Foolish men imagine that because judgment…”

Foolish men imagine that because judgment for an evil thing is delayed, there is no justice; but only accident here below. Judgment for an evil thing is many times delayed some day or two, some century or two, but it is sure as life, it is sure as death.

July 22, 2019 1795, December 4, Quotes by Philosophers, Scottish, Thomas Carlyle

Oliver Goldsmith Quote: “Man wants but little here below…”

Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.

July 11, 2019 1730, Irish, November 10, Oliver Goldsmith, Quotes by Poets

Francis Parkman Quote: “It was a rich and gorgeous…”

It was a rich and gorgeous sunset – an American sunset; and the ruddy glow of the sky was reflected from some extensive pools of water among the shadowy copses in the meadow below.

June 14, 2019 1823, American, Francis Parkman, Quotes by Historians, September 16

Edmund Waller Quote: “To love is to believe, to…”

To love is to believe, to hope, to know; Tis an essay, a taste of Heaven below!

June 12, 2019 1606, Edmund Waller, English, March 3, Quotes by Poets

Robert Darnton Quote: “The notion of ‘history from below’…”

The notion of ‘history from below’ hit the history profession in England very hard around the time I came to Oxford in the early 1960s.

May 7, 2019 1939, American, May 10, Quotes by Historians, Robert Darnton

David Whyte Quote: “By definition, poetry works with qualities…”

By definition, poetry works with qualities and dynamics that mainstream society is reluctant to face head-on. It’s an interesting phenomenon that by necessity, poetry is just below the radar.

March 5, 2019 1955, David Whyte, English, Quotes by Poets

Mary Ritter Beard Quote: “Those who sit at the feast…”

Those who sit at the feast will continue to enjoy themselves even though the veil that separates them from the world of toiling reality below has been lifted by mass revolts and critics.

February 13, 2019 1876, American, August 5, Mary Ritter Beard, Quotes by Historians

Noam Chomsky Quote: “Changes and progress very rarely are…”

Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above. They come out of struggles from below.

February 8, 2019 1928, American, December 7, Noam Chomsky, Quotes by Activists

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