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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.

Karl Popper

A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
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One Liner Philosophy Theory
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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Greatness Home Man Philosophy Soul Spiritual Wisdom World
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
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
Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
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Art Science Simplicity
Great men may make great mistakes.
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Greatness Men Mistake One Liner
We must plan for freedom, and not only for security, if for no other reason than only freedom can make security more secure.
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Freedom Philosophy Reason Security
The method of learning by trial and error – of learning from our mistakes – seems to be fundamentally the same whether it is practiced by lower or by higher animals, by chimpanzees, or by men of science.
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Animal Learning Man Mistakes Ourselves Science
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
We can all participate in the heritage of man. We all can help to preserve it. And we can all make our own modest contribution to it.
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Help Man Nature Ourselves
“It can’t happen here” is always wrong: a dictatorship can happen anywhere.
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Politics Wrong
True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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Knowledge Philosophy True
Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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Beginning 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
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
All life is problem-solving.
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Life One Liner Philosophy

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