“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.”
― A History of Western Philosophy
― A History of Western Philosophy
“In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.”
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“Our great democracies still tend to think that a stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than nature made them.”
― New Hopes for a Changing World
― New Hopes for a Changing World
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