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The great tragedy of science - the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact. Thomas Huxley
Beautiful Great Science Ugly Fact Hypothesis Great Tragedy Tragedy
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice. Thomas Paine
Virtue Temper Principle Always Moderation Vice
He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine
Death War Nation Hell He Contagion Vein Bleeds Opens Loose Author Who Whole Lets
Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh. W. H. Auden
Love Me Those Laugh Find Admire Like Make Make Me Laugh Denominator Common Common Denominator Them Whom Among
Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed. William Blake
Art Naked Beauty Never Without Exist Displayed
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. William Blake
Wisdom Excess Road Leads Palace
I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! William Blake
Happy Joy Old Sweet Shall Name Days Call Am Befall Thee Two
Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more. William Cowper
Wisdom Knowledge Humble More Knows Proud Much
Love is too young to know what conscience is. William Shakespeare
Love Love Is Young Too Know Conscience
What is past is prologue. William Shakespeare
Past
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. William Shakespeare
Action Pleasure Seem Hours Make Short
False face must hide what the false heart doth know. William Shakespeare
Heart Hide Face Must Know False Doth
In a false quarrel there is no true valor. William Shakespeare
Valor True Quarrel False
The style of God venerated in the church, mosque, or synagogue seems completely different from the style of the natural universe. Alan Watts
God Natural Church Style Universe Synagogue Seems Mosque Different
One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous. Aldous Huxley
Great Patriotism Feeling Nation Our Virtuous Worst Able More Cheat Wishes Attractions Bully Person Vicariously Fulfills Profoundly
I was asked to memorise what I did not understand; and, my memory being so good, it refused to be insulted in that manner. Aleister Crowley
Good Memory Insulted Understand Did Refused Being Asked Manner
In the absence of willpower the most complete collection of virtues and talents is wholly worthless. Aleister Crowley
Complete Virtues Worthless Collection Willpower Absence Talents Most Wholly
Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Alexander Pope
Soul Strike Sight Charms Wins Merit
Self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control; these three alone lead life to sovereign power. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Life Alone Three Power Lead Self-Control Self-Knowledge Sovereign
Guard your roving thoughts with a jealous care, for speech is but the dealer of thoughts, and every fool can plainly read in your words what is the hour of your thoughts. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Jealous Thoughts Fool Words Care Every Guard Hour Read Dealer Plainly Your Speech
He makes no friends who never made a foe. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Made No Friends Foe Never He Makes Friends Who
A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration is effective and in the second it is inefficient. Annie Besant
Government Good People First Local Bad Administration Bad Government Case Prosper Inefficient Effective Very Suffer Second
I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars. Charles Darwin
God Myself Living Omnipotent Beneficent Would Parasitic Feeding Within Intention Cannot Created Bodies Persuade Express Wasps
There is no limit to what a man can do so long as he does not care a straw who gets the credit for it. Charles Edward Montague
Man Care Long No Limit He Limit Does Gets Who Straw Credit
There are two freedoms - the false, where a man is free to do what he likes; the true, where he is free to do what he ought. Charles Kingsley
Freedom Man Free Ought He True Freedoms Likes False Where Two
Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. Charlie Chaplin
Great Man Genius Men Idiot Monster Individual Mass Goes Where Form
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