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...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; read more
...man has an irrepressible tendency to read meaning into the buzzing confusion of sights and sounds impinging on his senses; and where no agreed meaning can be found, he will provide it out of his own imagination.
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
We run fastest and farthest when we run from ourselves.
Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding.
Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding.
Man differs from the animal only by a little; most men throw that little away.
Man differs from the animal only by a little; most men throw that little away.
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
Scientific progress consists in the development of new concepts.
Scientific progress consists in the development of new concepts.
The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
The best way I know to win an argument is to start by being in the right.
In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.
In most instances, all an argument proves is that two people are present.