Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One read more

Far more crucial than what we know or do not know is what we do not want to know. One often obtains a clue to a person's nature by discovering the reasons for his or her imperviousness to certain impressions.

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.

The trouble with people is not that they don't know but that they know so much that ain't so.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

All cruelty springs from weakness.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.

Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.

But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

But it is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

The first thing a man will do for his ideals is lie.

Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which read more

Our originality shows itself most strikingly not in what we wholly originate but in what we do with that which we borrow from others.

It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.

It is only doubt that creates. It is only the minority that counts.