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It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone- that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows read more
It is common to assume that human progress affects everyone- that even the dullest man, in these bright days, knows more than any man of, say, the Eighteenth Century, and is far more civilized. This assumption is quite erroneous...The great masses of men, even in this inspired republic, are precisely where the mob was at the dawn of history. They are ignorant, they are dishonest, they are cowardly, they are ignoble. They know little if anything that is worth knowing, and there is not the slightest sign of a natural desire among them to increase their knowledge.
This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.
This strange disease of modern life, with its sick hurry, its divided aims.
The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it read more
The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule any departure from it.
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be read more
To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong...
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.
That is the whole trouble with being a heretic. One usually must think out everything for oneself.
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.
Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
Quite often the social doctors become part of the disease.
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.
You can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.
