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“If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free: if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.”
― The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05
― The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05
“Maybe that's the way of things, too. That the more beautiful a thing is, the shorter it seems to last. People no less than flowers.”
― This Broken World
― This Broken World
“[D]idn't Aristarchus and the Pythagoreans propose heliocentrism in ancient times? If only they had prevailed, we might have had Real Science millennia sooner. What was their evidence?
Well, you see, fire is nobler than earth and the center is a nobler position. So fire has to be in the center. QED.
There are many names for this sort of thinking, but "scientific" is not one of them.”
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Well, you see, fire is nobler than earth and the center is a nobler position. So fire has to be in the center. QED.
There are many names for this sort of thinking, but "scientific" is not one of them.”
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“I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis on the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.”
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“Bascal laughed. "You can't actually believe that, boyo. When was the last no-confidence vote in the Senate? The people of Earth were tired of responsibility; they forced it on my parents, and wouldn't take it back now even if they could.”
― The Wellstone
― The Wellstone
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