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“Man is so intelligent that he feels impelled to invent theories to account for what happens in the world. Unfortunately, he is not quite intelligent enough, in most cases, to find correct explanations. So that when he acts on his theories, he behaves very often like a lunatic.”
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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
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“As my mother once said: The boys throw stones at the frogs in jest.
But the frogs die in earnest.”
― The Female Man
But the frogs die in earnest.”
― The Female Man
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so. By the same token, though, I suppose that boulders and mountains and moons could be accused of being a little too phlegmatic.”
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Simon's Rock
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College of Bard; or, Bard College At Simon's Rock Or whatever the heck they're calling it nowadays. A place where citizens and ex-citizens of llama- ...more
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