“It is true that that may hold in these things, which is the general root of superstition; namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other.” — Francis Bacon
Quotations
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“What leapings of the heart must there not have been throughout that long warfare! What moments of terror and triumph! What acts of devotion and desperate wonders of courage!” — H.G. Wells, of prehistoric man
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“People who make history know nothing about history. You can see that in the sort of history they make.” — G.K. Chesterton
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“The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.” — Francis Bacon
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“The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.” — Bertrand Russell
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“Every time an idiot dies, your IQ goes down.” — Bill Ballance
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“Man is an exception, whatever he is. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head.” — G.K. Chesterton
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“You can tell the character of every man when you see how he gives and receives praise.” — Seneca
“To learn a man’s character, mark how he takes a favour.” — Archbishop Richard Whately
“If all else fails, the character of a man can be recognized by nothing so surely as by a jest which he takes badly.” — G.C. Lichtenberg
“To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us — when we succeed, it betrays us.” — Charles Caleb Colton
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” — Voltaire
Also:
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” — Gandhi
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Weil’s Law of University Hiring: “First-rate people hire other first-rate people. Second-rate people hire third-rate people. Third-rate people hire fifth-rate people.” (from French mathematician André Weil)
“Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.” — Montesquieu
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“Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people.” — Montesquieu