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.

There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant read more

There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, nor does it remove doubt so that the mind may rest on the intuition of truth, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience.

Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.

Civilization is an enormous device for economizing knowledge,.

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

Dare to be wrong and to dream.

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.

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

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

The well-adjusted make poor prophets.

The well-adjusted make poor prophets.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.

Ignorance and superstition ever bear a close and mathematical relation to each other.