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The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves to be
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“This led to a debate between the two men on the differences between what was probable, plausible, and possible”
― A Gentleman in Moscow
― A Gentleman in Moscow
“Strictness to oneself joined with tenderness towards others, forms a truly excellent character. But for the most part, the man who is mild towards others, will be so towards himself, and he who is severe towards himself will be the same towards others; a character which is tender towards itself and severe towards others, is of all the most contemptible.”
― On the Aesthetic Education of Man
― On the Aesthetic Education of Man
“All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force.”
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“Moral: to the extent you can choose, work on problems you think will be important.”
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
― The Art of Doing Science and Engineering: Learning to Learn
“If you don't read good books, you will read bad ones, if you don't go on thinking rationally you will think irrationally, if you reject aesthetic satisfactions you will fall into sensual satisfactions.”
― The Weight of Glory
― The Weight of Glory
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