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The most we can say of democracy or freedom is that they give our personal abilities a little more influence on our well-being.

Karl Popper

I hold that he who teaches that not reason but love should rule opens up the way for those who rule by hate.
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Hate Love Myself Philosophy Teaching
We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets.
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Fate Ourselves Philosophy Success
A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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Abandonment Mystery Philosophy
Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Art Science Simplicity
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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Knowledge Philosophy True
The game of science is, in principle, without end.
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End Game One Liner Principle Science
“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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Politics Wrong
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory but progress.
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Argument Progress Victory Win
The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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Easy Hard Lost Philosophy Simplicity Truth
If we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them.
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Deep Destroy Oppression Philosophy Prepare Tolerance
The way of science is paved with discarded theories that were once declared self-evident.
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Evidence Science Theory Way
Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.
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Impossible Philosophy Remember Speak Yourself
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
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
Instead of the greatest happiness for the greatest number, one should demand, more modestly, the least amount of avoidable suffering for all.
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Avoid Demand Greatness Happiness Philosophy Prayer Suffering

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