A man of clear ideas errs grievously if he imagines that whatever is seen confusedly does not exist; … - John Stuart Mill

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I'll take care of my mother," he said grimly. "I love her, but she doesn't run my life. " "Yeah, that's what we all say. You. Me. Lucy. " She stabbed the stick into the dirt. "These are powerful women. They're sane, they're smart, they rule their worlds, and they love us ferociously. A potent combination that makes it touch to pretend they're normal mothers.

John Stuart Mill

A man of clear ideas errs grievously if he imagines that whatever is seen confusedly does not exist; it belongs to him, when he meets with such a thing, to dispel the midst, and fix the outlines of the vague form which is looming through it.

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