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“It is certainly human to make mistakes, but there are some human beings who make more than others, and they are called fools.”
― The Name of the Rose
― The Name of the Rose
“The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to the unknowable. The man who bows in that final direction is either a saint or a fool. I have no use for either.”
― Lord of Light
― Lord of Light
“I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I am a liar.”
― Lord of Light
― Lord of Light
“Decadence is a moral and spiritual disease, resulting from too long a period of wealth and power, producing cynicism, decline of religion, pessimism and frivolity. The citizens of such a nation will no longer make an effort to save themselves, because they are not convinced that anything in life is worth saving.”
― The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
― The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
“Alternatively, there are ‘political’ schools of history, slanted to discredit the actions of our past leaders, in order to support modern political movements. In all these cases, history is not an attempt to ascertain the truth, but a system of propaganda, devoted to the furtherance of modern projects, or the gratification of national vanity.
Men can scarcely be blamed for not learning from the history they are taught. There is nothing to learn from it, because it is not true.”
― The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
Men can scarcely be blamed for not learning from the history they are taught. There is nothing to learn from it, because it is not true.”
― The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival
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