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To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how
do we know it.
To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how
do we know it.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and
majority votes, but by blood and iron.
[The great questions of the day] are not decided by speeches and
majority votes, but by blood and iron.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
Historians are like deaf people who go on answering questions that no one has asked them.
A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
A timid question will always receive a confident answer.
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer
is obvious.
No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer
is obvious.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are.
