"The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then."

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Source : John Wolcot (1812). “The works of Peter Pindar”, p.460

John Wolcot

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“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.”
“Mortal danger is an effective antidote for fixed ideas.”

Source : "The Rommel Papers". Book edited by Basil Henry Liddell Hart. Chapter 11: "The Initiative Passes," p. 244, 1953.
“As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.”
“I don't know if anyone ever 'wins' a war.”
“we might also call vertigo the intoxication of the weak. aware of his weakness, a man decides to give in rather than stand up to it. he is drunk with weakness, wishes to grow even weaker, wishes to fall down in the middle of the main square in front of everybody, wishes to be down, lower than down.”
“The pupil is ... 'schooled' to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.”

Source : Ivan Illich (1970). “The Dawn of Epimethean Man, and Other Essays”
“I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed. Therefore I feel (rightly or wrongly) that unless a piece of music presents a problem to me, a never-ending problem, it doesn't interest me too much.”

Source : "My Life and Music" by Artur Schnabel, (p. 121), 1961.
“One applauds the industry of professional philanthropy. But it has its dangers. After a while the private heart begins to harden. We fling letters into the wastebasket, are abrupt to telephoned solicitations. Charity withers in the incessant gale.”

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