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We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us read more
We do not usually look for allies when we love. Indeed, we often look on those who love with us as rivals and trespassers. But we always look for allies when we hate.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
We cannot hate those who we despise.
Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.
Ideas are everywhere, but knowledge is rare.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
Power concedes nothing without a demand.
...it is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of read more
...it is curiosity, initiative, originality, and the ruthless application of honesty that count in research- much more than feats of logic and memory alone.
There are in fact four very different stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man read more
There are in fact four very different stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to wisdom, namely, the example of weak and unworthy authority, longstanding custom, the feeling of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of our own ignorance while making a display of our apparent knowledge.
Instinct is the nose of the mind.
Instinct is the nose of the mind.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
The endeavor to understand is the first and only basis of virtue.
The most basic question is not what is best but who shall decide what is best.
The most basic question is not what is best but who shall decide what is best.
