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Understanding the Human Mind.

Psychology is the scientific study of the mind and behavior, encompassing thoughts, feelings, and actions, and the factors that influence them. It's meaningful because it provides a framework for understanding ourselves and others, enabling us to improve mental well-being, relationships, and societal functioning, ultimately leading to more fulfilling and productive lives.

Psychology

# Psychology & Themes

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Context: • Know thyself.
• Delphic maxim originating in Luxor Egypt inscribed in the pronaos (forecourt) of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi as quoted by Pausanias, Description of Greece, 10.24.1.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Self" (O)

“Nosce te ipsum.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Joseph Ledoux, The Deep History of Ourselves, ref.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Self" (L)

“No Self, No Fear.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Descartes Discours de la Méthode, Discourse on the Method (1637)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Self" (D)

“I think, therefore I am.”

— Unknown

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Context: • William Shakespeare, Henry VIII (c. 1613), Act III, scene 1, line 23.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Appearance" (Quotes)

“All hoods make not monks.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Self" (D)

“Cogito, ergo sum.”

— Unknown

# Psychology & Philosophy

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Context: • William Nordhaus, only four days after receiving Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, in interview for Diurnal of New Economic Theories (Oct 12, 2018)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Reward" (Quotes:
Quotes are arranged alphabetically by author, M - R)

“Things are stuck now.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Between the victim and the stone knife.
• Erasmus, letter to Pirkheimer. Plautus, Captivi, 3. 4. 84. Also said by Appuleius.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)

“Inter sacrum et sazim.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Erasmus, Adagia, Chapter III. Cent, IV. 94. Quoted from the Greek. Proverb in Hazlitt, English Proverbs. Clarke, Parœmiologia (1639). Said by Col. Monroe, Expedition and Observations, Part III, p. 55. (Ed. 1637).
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)

“Betwixt the devil and the deep sea.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Joseph Yates, J., dissenting in Millar v. Taylor (1769), 4 Burr. Part IV., 2391; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, The Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Reward" (Quotes:
Quotes are arranged alphabetically by author, S - Z)

“Every reward has its proper bounds.”

— Unknown

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Context: • George Moore, Bending of the Bough, Act IV.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)

“The difficulty in life is the choice.”

— Unknown

# Psychology & Sociology

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Context: • James Richardson, Interglacial (2004), Aphorism #19.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Conformity" (R)

“Path: where nothing grows.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Motto of the Bystander Revolution, an anti-bullying organization started in 2014. Its name refers to the bystander effect, which Bystander Revolution seeks to counter.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Bullying" (Quotes:
Alphabetized by author , A - F)

“Take The Power Out Of Bullying”

— Unknown

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Context: • Jesus, The Gospel according to Matthew, 12:33.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Reputation" (Quotes)

“The tree is known by his fruit.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journal Entry, May 10, 1840.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Conformity" (E)

“Conformity is the ape of harmony.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Persius, Satires, I, line 28.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Reputation" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 667-68.)

“To be pointed out with the finger.”

— Unknown

# Psychology & Discourse

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Context: • Men conceal the past scenes of their lives.
• Lucretius, Re Rerum Natura, IV, 1,182.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Secrecy" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 695-96.)

“Vitæ poscænia celant.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Saying from story in Italian Tales of Humour, Gallantry and Romance.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Secrecy" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 695-96.)

“There is a skeleton on every house.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Charles Churchill, Apology (1761)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Reputation" (Quotes)

“And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word.”

— Unknown

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Context: • John Gay, Fables (1727), The Fox at the Point of Death, line 46
• Source: Wikiquote: "Reputation" (Quotes)

“A lost good name is ne'er retriev'd.”

— Unknown

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Context: • William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet (1597), Act II, scene 4, line 209.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Secrecy" (Quotes)

“Two may keep counsel, putting one away.”

— Unknown

# Psychology & Belief

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Context: • William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (c. 1593-94), Act I, scene 1, line 138.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)

“There's small choice in rotten apples.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Submit or resign.
• Gambetta.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)

“Se soumettre ou se démettre.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde, Book II, line 470.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes, Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 113-114.)

“Of harmes two the less is for to chose.”

— Unknown

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Context: • Rudy Rucker (2016). The Lifebox, the Seashell, and the Soul. 2nd edition. Transreal Books.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Meaning of life" (Quotes, Q-R)

“The meaning of life is beauty and love.”

— Unknown

Religious philosophy

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Context: • William Shakespeare, Othello (c. 1603), Act I, scene 1, line 36.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Choice" (Quotes)

“Preferment goes by letter and affection.”

— Unknown

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