One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This read more

One had to cram all this stuff into one's mind for the examinations, whether one liked it or not. This coercion had such a deterring effect on me that, after I had passed the final examination, I found the consideration of any scientific problems distasteful to me for an entire year.

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which one cannot express an absurdity

Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented.

Truth exists, only falsehood has to be invented.

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can read more

Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the read more

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is a perennial spring.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is cowardice, the truth courage.

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, read more

Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right