Alina

“Помни днесь и присно,

Что при враге не надобно болтать.

Ты раб того, кто сможет передать

Слова твои. Будь в жизни незаметен,

Страшись всегда и новостей и сплетен.

Равно – правдивы ли они иль ложны;

Запомни, в этом ошибиться можно.

Скуп на слова и с равными ты будь

И с высшими.”
― Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales

“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“The next time someone pesters you with unneeded advice, gently remind him of the fate of the monk whom Ivan the Terrible put to death for delivering uninvited (and moralizing) advice. It works as a short-term cure.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable

“I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”
― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time