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Many of the Nazis were convicted after the war, but they were not convicted for being 'unreasonable'. They were convicted for being gruesome murderers.
Jostein Gaarder
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Jostein Gaarder
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: August 8
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Acting responsibly is not a matter of strengthening our reason but of deepening our feelings for the welfare of others.
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I think about my editor when I write. She's a good friend, too.
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going only part of the way is not the same as going the wrong way
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He could very likely have appealed for leniency. At least he could have saved his life by agreeing to leave Athens. But had he done this he would not have been Socrates. He valued his conscience--and the truth-- higher than life.
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I am really more interested in questions than in giving answers.
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