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John Ruskin quotesIt does not matter what the whip is; it is none the less a whip, because you have cut thongs for it out of your own souls.
George Orwell quotesProgress and reaction have both turned out to be swindles. Seemingly, there is nothing left but quietism - robbing reality of its terrors by simply submitting to it.
Simone Weil quotesWe are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits -- and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful.
George Eliot quotesThere is a sort of subjection which is the peculiar heritage of largeness and of love; and strength is often only another name for willing bondage to irremediable weakness.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne quotesMy reason is not framed to bend or stoop: my knees are.