It is only because the majority opinion will always be opposed by some that our knowledge and understanding progress. In the process by which opinion is formed, it is very probable that, by the time any view becomes a majority view, it is no longer the best view: somebody will already have advanced beyond the point which the majority have reached. It is because we do not yet which of the many competing new opinions will prove itself the best that we wait until it has gained sufficient support.
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The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look clearly into a future when there will not be many idols left to smash.
I'd rather be dead than cool.
I'd rather be dead than cool.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
The pen is the tongue of the mind.
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Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances.
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To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.
Whatever begins to be tranquil is gobbled up by something not tranquil.
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.
Science commits suicide when it adopts a creed.
It is not a fragrant world.
It is not a fragrant world.
