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“Strange as it seems, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and higher education positively fortifies it.”
“Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.”
“Consistency is a virtue for trains: what we want from a philosopher is insights, whether he comes by them consistently or not.”
“I wonder, what kind of life would I have had if it hadnt been for my mothers tea-and-cookie parties? Perhaps its because of them that Ive never thought of women as my enemies, as territories I have...”
“We think of ourselves as failures, rather than renounce our belief in the possibility of perfection. We hang on to the hope of eternal love by denying even its temporary validity. Its less painful ...”
“Is it possible that I am not alone in believing that in the dispute between Galileo and the Church, the Church was right and the centre of man's universe is the earth?”
“I wonder, what kind of life would I have had if it hadn’t been for my mother’s tea-and-cookie parties? Perhaps it’s because of them that I’ve never thought of women as my enemies, as territories I ...”
“We think of ourselves as failures, rather than renounce our belief in the possibility of perfection. We hang on to the hope of eternal love by denying even its temporary validity. It´s less painful...”
