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"The average man's opinions are much less foolish than they would be if he thought for himself."
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"One obvious palliative of the evils of democracy in its present form would be to encourage much more publicity and initiative on the part of civil servants. They ought to have the right, and, on occasion, the duty, to frame Bills in their own names, and set forth publicly the arguments in their favor."
"One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny."
"Ever since Plato most philosophers have considered it part of their business to produce 'proofs' of immortality and the existence of God. They have found fault with the proofs of their predecessors - Saint Thomas rejected Saint Anselm's proofs, and Kant rejected Descartes' - but they have supplied new ones of their own. In order to make their proofs seem valid, they have had to falsify logic, to make mathematics mystical, and to pretend that deepseated prejudices were heaven-sent intuitions."
"Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities."
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"As light nourishes plants, wisdom nourishes sages."
"Self-knowledge is the greatest education."
"You are a product of your mind, a result of your thoughts, and a consequence of your actions."
"Beautiful silence is better than ugly speech."
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