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Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.
It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.
Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said.
The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.
If there’s life on other planets, then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.
So long as the people do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent, and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
Doctors put drugs of which they know little into bodies of which they know less for diseases of which they know nothing at all.
Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities.
It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere.
The human brain is a complex organ with the wonderful power of enabling man to find reasons for continuing to believe whatever it is that he wants to believe.
A yawn may not be polite, but at least it is an honest opinion.
The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.
The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
You have no control over the hand that life deals you, but how you play that hand is entirely up to you.
If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.
Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.