Science may be described as the art of systematic oversimplification.
KARL POPPERHistory has no meaning.
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The future depends on ourselves, and we do not depend on any historical necessity.
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The simple truth is that truth is hard to come by, and that once found may easily be lost again.
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No book can ever be finished. While working on it we learn just enough to find it immature the moment we turn away from it
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The quest for precision is analogous to the quest for certainty, and both should be abandoned.
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True ignorance is not the absence of knowledge, but the refusal to acquire it.
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History has no meaning.
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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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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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The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world.
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While differing widely in the various little bits we know, in our infinite ignorance we are all equal.
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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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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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No rational argument will have a rational effect on a man who does not want to adopt a rational attitude.
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If you can’t say it simply and clearly, keep quiet, and keep working on it till you can.
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I would rather find a single causal law than be the king of Persia!
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