"A mother who is really a mother is never free" — Honore de Balzac

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves

Source: Letter to H. L. Pierce (Apr. 6, 1859)

Cynic: A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be

Source: The Devil's Dictionary (1911)

The only security of all is in a free press

Source: Letter to Lafayette (Nov. 4, 1823)

If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear as it is - infinite

Source: The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (1790-1793)

Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced

Source: Letters of John Keats (1817-1820)

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Source: Miscellaneous Aphorisms (1911)

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