“If God could tell the story of the Universe, the Universe would become fictitious.”
Wisdom Quotes · Page 33
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“The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.”
“So two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.”
“Now it is no longer a matter of deciding what to do, but of deciding how to decide.”
“There is no meaningful 'yes' unless the individual could also have said 'no.'”
“Community can be defined simply as a group in which free conversation can take place.”
“Courage is not a virtue of value among other personal values like love or fidelity.”
“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.”
“Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.”
“Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
“If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.”
“It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it.”
“Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.”
“There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.”
“To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.”
“People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.”
“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.”
“Men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.”
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