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The avowed aim of all utopian movements is to put an end to history and to establish a final and read more
The avowed aim of all utopian movements is to put an end to history and to establish a final and permanent calm.
We often despise what is most useful to us.
We often despise what is most useful to us.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
Don't think there are no crocodiles because the water is calm.
The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the read more
The world always makes the assumption that the exposure of an error is identical with the discovery of truth--that the error and truth are simply opposite. They are nothing of the sort. What the world turns to, when it is cured on one error, is usually simply another error, and maybe one worse than the first one.
If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.
If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.
Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.
Man can be chained, but he cannot be domesticated.
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe.
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
The present is saturated with the past and pregnant with the future.
