Boswell: “So, Sir, you laugh at schemes of political improvement?”Johnson: “Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.”-Life of Johnson
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Quotation of the Day: The Ballad of the White Horse
"But you and all the kind of ChristAre ignorant and brave,And you have wars you hardly winAnd souls you hardly save."I tell you naught for your comfort,Yea, naught for your desire,Save that the sky grows darker yetAnd the sea rises higher."Night will be thrice night over you,And Heaven an iron cope.Do you have joy without … Continue reading Quotation of the Day: The Ballad of the White Horse
Quotation of the Day
"If your evidence is too fragile to stand up to opposition – if you feel the need to silence your opposition – you don’t have evidence. If you seek to silence your opponents while claiming science, you’re a despicable fraud." From today's Yard Sale of the Mind. I highly recommend you read the whole thing.
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"Almost every man's thoughts, while they are general, are right; and most hearts are pure while temptation is away. It is easy to awaken generous thoughts in privacy; to despise death when there is no danger; to glow with benevolence when there is nothing to be given. While such ideas are formed they are felt, … Continue reading Quotation of the Day
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