“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
― Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
― Complete Essays, Vol. II: 1926-1929
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”
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“Society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
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