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He who does not bellow out the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and read more
He who does not bellow out the truth when he knows the truth makes himself the accomplice of liars and forgers.
There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for read more
There was that law of life, so cruel and so just, that one must grow or else pay more for remaining the same. - The Deer Park.
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
 But now being lifted into high society,
 And having pick'd up several odds and ends
  Of free read more 
 But now being lifted into high society,
 And having pick'd up several odds and ends
  Of free thoughts in his travels for variety,
   He deem'd, being in a lone isle, among friends,
    That without any danger of a riot, he
     Might for long lying make himself amends;
      And singing as he sung in his warm youth,
       Agree to a short armistice with truth. 
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
The best way to turn a woman's head is to tell her she has a beautiful profile.
Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts...
Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts...
Progress cannot be organized.
Progress cannot be organized.
Wherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that read more
Wherever we find orderly, stable systems in Nature, we find that they are hierarchically structured, for the simple reason that without such structuring of complex systems into sub-assemblies, there could be no order and stability- except the order of a dead universe filled with a uniformly distributed gas.