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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.

Karl Popper

We all have an unscientific weakness for being always in the right, and this weakness seems to be particularly common among professional and amateur politicians.
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Politics Right Science Weakness
Great men may make great mistakes.
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Greatness Men Mistake One Liner
The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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Future History Necessary Ourselves
It is wrong to think that belief in freedom always leads to victory; we must always be prepared for it to lead to defeat. If we choose freedom, then we must be prepared to perish along with it.
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Believe Choice Freedom Lost Philosophy Prepare Thinking Victory Wrong
Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but hell.
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Hell Philosophy
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning Science
What we need and what we want is to moralize politics, not to politicize morals.
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Deep Moral Need Politics
Theology, I still think, is due to a lack of faith.
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Faith One Liner Thinking
The conspiracy theory of society, comes from abandoning God and then asking: “Who is in his place?”
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Abandonment God Himself Place Spiritual Theory
Theories are nets cast to catch what we call ‘the world’: to rationalize, to explain, and to master it. We endeavor to make the mesh ever finer and finer.
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Fine Perfection Theory World
If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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Quiet Science Simplicity Yourself
Every intellectual has a very special responsibility. He has the privilege and the opportunity of studying.
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Himself Privilege Responsibility Special Study
The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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Abandonment Mystery Philosophy
He who decides one day that scientific statements do not call for any further test and that they can be regarded as finally verified retires from the game.
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Call Decision Game Himself Science
In my view, aiming at simplicity and lucidity is a moral duty of all intellectuals: lack of clarity is a sin, and pretentiousness is a crime.
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Crime Duty Moral Myself Philosophy Simplicity Sin

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