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- Science can only ascertain what is, but not what should be, and outside of its domain value judgements of all kinds remain necessary.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), Out of My Later Years, 1936
- The simplest schoolboy is now familiar with truths for which Archimedes would have sacrificed his life.
- Ernest Renan, Recollections of My Youth, 1883
- That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on your way to the pertinent answer.
- Jacob Bronowski, The Ascent of Man, 1973
- From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned.
- Immanuel Kant (1724 - 1804)
- People are governed by the head; a kind heart is of little value in chess.
- Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
- Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury, starting with being in the world.
- Cesare Pavese (1908 - 1950)
- Life is not a spectacle or feast; it is a predicament.
- George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
- A man's worst difficulties begin when he is able to do as he likes.
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
- William James (1842 - 1910)
- Our notion of symmetry is derived from the human face. Hence, we demand symmetry horizontally and in breath only, not vertically nor in depth.
- Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
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