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The only man, woman, or child who ever wrote a simple declarative sentence with seven grammatical errors is dead.: e e cummings (1894 - 1962), on the death of Warren G. Harding, 1923
In every child who is born under no matter what circumstances and of no matter what parents, the potentiality of the human race is born again, and in him, too, once more, and each of us, our terrific responsibility toward human life: toward the utmost idea of goodness, of the horror of terrorism, and of God.: James Agee (1909 - 1955), Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
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The overman...Who has organized the chaos of his passions, given style to his character, and become creative. Aware of life's terrors, he affirms life without resentment.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future.: Frank Herbert (1920 - 1986)
Small cheer and great welcome makes a merry feast.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "The Comedy of Errors", Act 3 scene 1
No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study, and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think.: John Stuart Mill (1806 - 1873), On Liberty, 1859
Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.: Pope John Paul II (Karol Wojtyla), James Reston, Galileo, A Life, HarperCollins, NY, 1994, p 461.
It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodelling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions; but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the directions of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward.: Thomas H. Huxley (1825 - 1895)
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To be feared is to fear: no one has been able to strike terror into others and at the same time enjoy peace of mind.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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