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The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a read more
The stricter standards and independent, often conclusive, evidence in the physical sciences cannot be generalized to intellectual activity as a whole, even though the aura of scientific processes and results is often appropriated by other intellectuals.
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
No one has ever had an idea in a dress suit.
Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves read more
Just as some plants bear fruit only if they don't shoot up too high, so in practical arts the leaves and flowers of theory must be pruned and the plant kept close to its proper soil- experience.
Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
Every man is as Heaven made him, and sometimes a great deal worse.
Irony is the hygiene of the mind.
Irony is the hygiene of the mind.
Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless.
Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.
Our quarrel with the world is an echo of the endless quarrel proceeding within us.
Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.
Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.
