No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death; and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Thomas HobbesThomas Hobbes None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error.
Bertrand RussellBertrand Russell A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
Marcus Tullius CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.
Thomas AquinasThomas Aquinas The less people speak of their greatness, the more we think of it.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
Francis BaconFrancis Bacon Much of happiness is hope, no matter how deep the underworld in which that hope was conceived.
Jordan PetersonJordan Peterson Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
H. Jackson Brown Jr.H. Jackson Brown Jr. I think it’s much more interesting to live not knowing than to have answers which might be wrong.
Richard FeynmanRichard Feynman Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
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