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If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.

If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Strong women only marry weak men.

Strong women only marry weak men.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Reasonable men adapt to the world around them unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.

Reasonable men adapt to the world around them unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

The 'morality of compromise' sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Men do not understand books until they have a certain amount of life, or at any rate no man understands a deep book, until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Study men, not historians.

Study men, not historians.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.

Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance - these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.

Jul 09, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

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