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Great intellects are skeptical.
Great intellects are skeptical.
It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on read more
It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism
Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first read more
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer: there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it ca
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more
For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts read more
The skeptic does not mean him who doubts, but him who investigates or researches, as opposed to him who asserts and thinks that he has found
