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But Bessie brings me in every cent she earns. When a girl like mine leaves the house the father gets poorer, not richer. It’s not enough to take my Bessie without a dowry. You must pay me yet.”


“For injustice is censured because those who censure it are afraid of suffering, and not from any scruple they might have of doing injustice themselves” (338–44).”
― The Story of Philosophy: Lives, Ideas and Impact of History’s Greatest Philosophers
― The Story of Philosophy: Lives, Ideas and Impact of History’s Greatest Philosophers

“Kugel! Rugelach, anyone?”
― Indecent
― Indecent

“Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and wisdom and political leadership meet in the same man, . . . cities will never cease from ill, nor the human race” (473).”
― The Story of Philosophy: Lives, Ideas and Impact of History’s Greatest Philosophers
― The Story of Philosophy: Lives, Ideas and Impact of History’s Greatest Philosophers

“Plato is philosophy, and philosophy Plato,” says Emerson;”
― The Story of Philosophy: Lives, Ideas and Impact of History’s Greatest Philosophers
― The Story of Philosophy: Lives, Ideas and Impact of History’s Greatest Philosophers

“I got to hear the play of the genius Sholem Asch!”
― Indecent
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