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If everything's under control, you're going too slow.
If everything's under control, you're going too slow.
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because read more
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die out, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only read more
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
The real cause of personal existence is not the favor of the Almighty, but the sexual love of one's earthly read more
The real cause of personal existence is not the favor of the Almighty, but the sexual love of one's earthly parents.
The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look read more
The smashing of idols is in itself such a preoccupation that it is almost impossible for the iconoclast to look clearly into a future when there will not be many idols left to smash.
The noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and
dissipation without pleasure.
The noisy and extensive scene of crowds without company, and
dissipation without pleasure.
Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns read more
Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality.
I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
I think I am better than the people who are trying to reform me.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.