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“As we all know, as if forever exploiting or attempting to exploit each other were not enough, a group of sane human beings who have just reached the end of a war against a common enemy of theirs will sooner or later start or continue killing and/or fighting against each other.”

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“To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with that, then how in the name of God do you differentiate between a man’s girlfriend and a girl that is a friend to the man?”

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“When selecting a one-night stand, a heterosexual woman who is materialistic is a trillion times more likely to choose a sexually unattractive poor man who seems rich over a sexually attractive rich man who seems poor.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, appearance, appearances, attraction, attractive, axiom, axioms, consumerism, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, funny, gay, gays, gnome, gnomes, heterosexual, heterosexuals, homosexual, homosexuals, humor, humorous, humour, image, impress, impression, insightful, lesbian, lesbians, lust, made-me-think, make-you-think, man, materialism, materialistic, maxim, maxims, men, one-night-stand, one-night-stands, philosopher, poor, poverty, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, rich, riches, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, sex, sexual, sexual-attraction, sexual-intercourse, sexually, sexually-attractive, sexually-unattractive, south-africa, south-african, straight, thought-provoking, thoughtful, unattractive, wealth, wealthy, woman, women,

“As an unavoidable result of the inevitable loss of some physical and/or some mental abilities, many a man who has been alive for many years has become a boy again.”

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“Although they probably know that some children were used and some children are used as miners, most adults are ignorant of the chocolate industry’s use of minors.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, birthday, birthdays, box-of-chocolates, child, childfree, childless, children, chocolate, cocoa, cocoa-beans, deep, diamond, diamonds, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, funny, gnome, gnomes, gold, humor, humorous, humour, insightful, kid, kids, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, mine, miner, miners, mines, mining, minor, minors, misuse, philosopher, present, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, romance, romantic, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, selfish-selfishness, south-africa, south-african, sugar, sweet, sweet-tooth, sweets, thought-provoking, thoughtful, use, valentines-day,

“Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, authority, axiom, axioms, bondage, child, children, control, controlling, cultivated, cultured, deep, deep-pockets, dictum, dictums, dominance, dominate, domination, dominion, dwarf, dwarfs, economies, economy, educated, education, employed, employment, enlightened, enslavement, epigram, epigrams, erudite, fool, foolish, fools, freedom, funny, giant, giants, gnome, gnomes, humor, humorous, humour, ignoramus, ignorant, impossibilities, impossible, influence, informed, insightful, intelligent, invent, invented, invention, job, jobs, kid, kids, knowledge, knowledgeable, made-me-think, make-you-think, master, masters, mastery, maxim, maxims, midget, midgets, money, monied, monies, old, philosopher, poor, possibilities, possibility, possible, poverty, power, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, rich, riches, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, scholarly, serfdom, servitude, slave-master, slave-masters, slavery, south-africa, south-african, strong, thought-provoking, thoughtful, thrall, thralldom, vassalage, weak, weakness, wealth, wealthy, well-educated, well-informed, well-read, wisdom, wise, work, working, young,

“We, in the interest of the so-called progress, have been persuaded to leave the production and at times the cooking of our food to companies whose owners and employees make a living by exploiting our busyness or laziness and our innate hunger to continue living.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, basic-needs, busy, busyness, civilization, civilized, companies, company, cook, cooking, deep, dictum, dictums, eat, eat-out, eating, employee, employees, epigram, epigrams, exploit, exploitation, exploited, food, funny, gnome, gnomes, groceries, grocery, humor, humorous, humour, hunger, hungry, innate, insightful, laziness, lazy, made-me-think, make-a-living, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, owner, owners, persuade, philosopher, produce, production, profound, progress, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, restaurant, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, self-presavation, south-africa, south-african, starvation, starve, survival, survive, sustenance, takeaway, takeaways, takeout, thought-provoking, thoughtful, uncivilized,

“The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own.”

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Tag: adage, adages, adult, adults, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, child, children, conform, conformity, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, fact, facts, funny, gnome, gnomes, grownup, grownups, humor, humorous, humour, independent-thinker, independent-thinkers, independent-thinking, insightful, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, opinion, opinions, philosopher, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, sex, sexual-intercourse, south-africa, south-african, think, thinker, thinkers, thought-provoking, thoughtful,

“There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, aware, awareness, axiom, axioms, buy, buying, crime, criminal, criminals, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, funny, gnome, gnomes, goods, humor, humorous, humour, ignorance, ignorant, insightful, knowledge, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, moral, morals, philosopher, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, right, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, south-africa, south-african, steal, stolen, thief, thieves, thought-provoking, thoughtful, thug, thugs, wrong,

“Loneliness tortures many if not most of the elderly more intensely and more frequently than it torments many if not most of us who will never be or have not yet been pushed or pulled into old age.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, bore, bored, boredom, childfree, childless, companion, companionship, deep, dictum, dictums, elder, elderly, entertainment, epigram, epigrams, funny, gnome, gnomes, humor, humorous, humour, insightful, loneliness, lonely, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, old, old-age, philosopher, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, retire, retired, retirement, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, selfish-selfishness, south-africa, south-african, thought-provoking, thoughtful, torture, torturing, young, youngster, youngsters,

“Patriotism is the narcissism of countries.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, arrogance, arrogant, axiom, axioms, big-headed, big-headedness, bighead, boastful, boastfulness, cockiness, cocky, conceit, countries, country, deep, dictum, dictums, egoism, egotism, epigram, epigrams, funny, gnome, gnomes, humor, humorous, humour, insightful, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, narcissism, narcissistic, patriot, patriotism, patriots, philosopher, pride, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, rodomontade, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, self-absorbed, self-absorption, self-admiration, self-centered, self-centeredness, self-love, self-obsession, self-regard, south-africa, south-african, swagger, thought-provoking, thoughtful, vanity,

“Many if not most slaves would have each readily jumped, and many if not most slaves would each readily jump, at the opportunity to be a master, if such an opportunity presents or had presented itself.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, authority, axiom, axioms, bondage, control, deep, dictum, dictums, dominance, dominate, domination, dominion, enslavement, epigram, epigrams, freedom, funny, gnome, gnomes, hesitate, hesitation, humor, humorous, humour, influence, insightful, made-me-think, make-you-think, master, masters, mastery, maxim, maxims, opportunities, opportunity, philosopher, power, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, readily, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, serfdom, servitude, slave, slave-master, slave-masters, slavery, slaves, south-africa, south-african, thought-provoking, thoughtful, thrall, thralldom, vassalage,

“The world economy would collapse if a significant number of people were to realize and then act on the realization that it is possible to enjoy many if not most of the things that they enjoy without first having to own them.”

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Tag: adage, adages, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, buy, buyer, buyers, capitalism, childfree, childless, collapse, communism, consumer, consumerism, consumers, credit, debt, deep, democracy, dictum, dictums, economies, economy, enjoy, epigram, epigrams, funny, gnome, gnomes, humor, humorous, humour, insightful, karl-marx, made-me-think, make-you-think, marxism, materialism, maxim, maxims, own, ownership, philosopher, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, realization, realize, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, selfish-selfishness, socialism, socialist, socialists, south-africa, south-african, thought-provoking, thoughtful, world-economies,

“Some of us were brought into this troubled world primarily or only to increase our fathers’ chances of not being left by our mothers, or vice versa.”

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“Most sane human beings who are over the age of six usually act or react not as per what they genuinely feel or really think but in accordance with the expectations of those around them.”

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