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«Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface»
Author: James Bryant Conant
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Behavior
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below, corrupt, intrinsically, irritate, irritates, superficially, surface
«The safest and most suitable form of penance seems to be that which causes pain in the flesh but does not penetrate to the bones, that is, which causes suffering but not sickness. So the best way seems to be to scourge oneself with thin cords which hurt superficially, rather than to use some other means which might produce serious internal injury.»
Author: Saint Ignatius of Loyola
(Journalist, Writer)
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cords, in the flesh, penance, penetrate, safest, scourge, suitable, superficially
«Our attitude toward our own culture has recently been characterized by two qualities, braggadocio and petulance. Braggadocio -- empty boasting of American power, American virtue, American know-how -- has dominated our foreign relations now for some decades. Here at home -- within the family, so to speak -- our attitude to our culture expresses a superficially different spirit, the spirit of petulance. Never before, perhaps, has a culture been so fragmented into groups, each full of its own virtue, each annoyed and irritated at the others.»
Author: Daniel J. Boorstin
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American culture, American Express, annoyed, boasting, braggadocio, characterize, characterized, decades, dominated, expresses, For some, fragmented, groups, irritated, petulance, recently, relations, so to speak, superficially, Two Cultures
«Philosophy, when superficially studied, excites doubt; when thoroughly explored, it dispels it»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
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Philosophy
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dispelling, dispels, excites, explored, studied, superficially, thoroughly
«The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance and joking relationships, and biting lice in half with their teeth»
Author: Margaret Mead
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Cannibalism
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avoidance, cannibalism, infanticide, in for, lice, superficially