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“If you've never done anything wrong it's probably because you have never tried anything new.”
― Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
― Relativity: The Special and the General Theory
“She sometimes found herself standing in the barn watching her fowl pecking the seed, feeling happy until she realised she wasn’t.”
― The Forester's Daughter
― The Forester's Daughter
“Within the reigning social order, the general public must remain an object of manipulation, not a participant in thought, debate, and decision.”
― Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
― Necessary Illusions: Thought Control in Democratic Societies
“Many of the actions by which men have become rich are far more harmful to the community than the obscure crimes of poor men, yet they go unpunished because they do not interfere with the existing order.”
― Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism
― Proposed Roads to Freedom: Socialism, Anarchism and Syndicalism
“A great deal of the bad writing in the world comes simply from writing too quickly. Of course you reply, “I do it to save time”. A very good object, no doubt: but what right have you to do it at your friend’s expense? Isn’t his time as valuable as yours?”
― Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
― Eight or Nine Wise Words about Letter-Writing
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