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Reasons and Persons
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The fair seemed a consummate achievement of human idealism and beauty; the city—apart from its suburbs—an irresistible expression of materialism and uncouth power. How the one could have given birth to the other seemed a troubling paradox, ...more
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Voltaire
“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.”
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“The best index to a person's character is how he treats people who can't do him any good, and how he treats people who can't fight back.”
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“Not a shred of evidence exists in favor of the idea that life is serious.”
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“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.”
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