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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 4:02 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 2:45 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 1:39 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 19, 2026, 12:36 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 11:33 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 7:12 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 6:07 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 5:31 AM

Said during early 1800's...

See biography for Thomas Babington Macaulay:
civilsimian.com/Thomas-Babin...

Read Thomas Babington Macaulay's work:
civilsimian.com/user/187/con...

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 4:31 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 3:33 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 2:22 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 1:13 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 18, 2026, 12:07 AM

Sometimes I get disappointed in the Stoic outlook. If people are being hurt, be offended....

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 10:59 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 9:57 PM

Power WILL NOT win against the masses....

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 8:39 PM

Those that long for this...you deserve to be persecuted, excluded, ostracized...you earn that reaction....

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 7:24 PM

This old man seems like an escapist. An old man that does it right will continue what the baby does but with eyes open.

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 5:50 PM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 4:52 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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@comfortdragon.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 3:53 AM

#philosophy #quotes #CivilSimian #UniversalHumanism

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