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There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.

There came into the world an unlimited abundance of everything people need. But people need everything except unlimited abundance.

Karel Capek
People, Needs, Literature
"The Absolute at Large". Book by Karel Capek, 1922.

Robots do not hold on to life. They can't. They have nothing to hold on with - no soul, no instinct. Grass has more will to live than they do.

Karel Capek
Soul, Robots, Literature
"R.U.R". Play by Karel Capek, 1920.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

Karel Capek
People, Principles, Literature
"Letters from England". Book by Karel Capek, 1925.

Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end...

Karel Capek
Triumph, Literature, Might
"Karel Čapek: Life and Work". Book by Ivan Klima, 2002.

You can have a revolution wherever you like, except in a government office; even were the world to come to an end, you'd have to destroy the universe first and then government offices.

Karel Capek
Government, Office, Literature
"The Absolute at Large". Book by Karel Capek, 1922.

Cognition is not fighting, but once someone knows a lot, he will have much to fight for, so much that he will be called a relativist because of it.

Karel Capek
Fighting, Literature, Cognition
"On Relativism" by Karel Capek, 1925.

Wherever on this planet ideals of personal freedom and dignity apply, there you will find the cultural inheritance of England.

Karel Capek
Inheritance, Literature, England

Relativism is neither a method of fighting, nor a method of creating, for both of these are uncompromising and at times even ruthless; rather, it is a method of cognition.

Karel Capek
Fighting, Creating, Literature
"On Relativism". Book by Karel Capek, 1925.

Great God of the Ants, thou hast granted victory to thy servants. I appoint thee honorary Colonel.

Karel Capek
Victory, Literature, Ants
"'And so ad infinitum (The Life of the Insects) : An Entomological Review in Three Acts, a Prologue and an Epilogue " by Karel Capek, Josef Capek, (p. 60), 1936.

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