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For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and
aversation towards society in any man, hath read more
For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and
aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the
savage beast.
The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often read more
The march of science and technology does not imply growing intellectual complexity in the lives of most people. It often means the opposite.
And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are read more
And what is a good citizen? Simply one who never says, does or thinks anything that is unusual. Schools are maintained in order to bring this uniformity up to the highest possible point. A school is a hopper into which children are heaved while they are still young and tender; therein they are pressed into certain standard shapes and covered from head to heels with official rubber-stamps.
Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.
Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.
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.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands.
Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians,
friends, lovers and husbands.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer read more
Punishment is now unfashionable... because it creates moral distinctions among men, which, to the democratic mind, are odious. We prefer a meaningless collective guilt to a meaningful individual responsibility.
