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  1. A quotation from Orwell

    I never read the proclamations of generals before battle, the speeches of fuehrers and prime ministers, the solidarity songs of public schools and left-wing political parties, national anthems, Temperance tracts, papal encyclicals and sermons against gambling and contraception, without seeming to hear in the background a chorus of raspberries from all the millions of common men to whom these high sentiments make no appeal.

    George Orwell (1903-1950) English writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
    Essay (1941-09), “The Art of Donald McGill,” Horizon Magazine

    More info about this quote: wist.info/orwell-george/79754/

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  2. A quotation from Montesquieu

    Solemnity is the fool’s shield and buckler.
     
    [La gravité est la bouclier des sots.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Pensées Diverses [Assorted Thoughts], # 1637 / 1051 (1720-1755) [ed. Guterman (1963)]

    Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/montesquieu/78201/

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  3. A quotation from Colton, Charles Caleb:

    «
    A harmless hilarity and a buoyant cheerfulness are not infrequent concomitants of genius; and we are never more deceived than when we mistake gravity for greatness, solemnity for science, and pomposity for erudition.
    »

    Full quote, sourcing, notes:
    wist.info/colton-charles-caleb

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