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Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.
Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
He who allows oppression shares the crime.
No one in this world, so far as I know- and I have researched the records for years, and employed read more
No one in this world, so far as I know- and I have researched the records for years, and employed agents to help me- has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great masses of the plain people. Nor has anyone ever lost public office thereby.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that read more
Cultures contain many cues and inducements to dissuade the individual from approaching ultimate limits, in much the same way that a special warning strip of land around the edge of a baseball field lets a player know that he is about to run into a concrete wall when he is preoccupied with catching the ball. The wider that strip of land and the more sensitive the player is to the changing composition of the ground under his feet as he pursues the ball, the more effective the warning. Romanticizing or lionizing as "individualistic" those people who disregard social cues and inducements increases the danger of head-on collisions with inherent social limits. Decrying various forms of social disapproval is in effect narrowing the warning strip.
There are no whole truths. All truths are half truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that read more
There are no whole truths. All truths are half truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil.
The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion humility. -Charles Colton.
The greatest friend of truth is time, her greatest enemy is prejudice, and her constant companion humility. -Charles Colton.
Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world.
Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world.
