"Truth is the cry of all, but the game of few."

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Source : 'Siris' (1744) para. 368

George Berkeley

#Truth Quotes #Science Quotes #Games Quotes

“If, when the chips are down, the worlds most powerful nation, the United States of America, acts like a pitiful, helpless giant, the forces of totalitarianism and anarchy will threaten free nations and free institutions throughout the world.”
“She is overtaken by a sensation of unbeing. There is no other word for it.”
“If you owe fifty dollars you're a piker; if you owe fifty thousand dollars you're a businessman; if you owe fifty million dollars you're a tycoon; if you owe fifty billion dollars you're the government.”
“Life on the road is murder. It's as though life begins and ends when you have your horn in your mouth.”
“I hope to grow another head and two more hands, like an Indian goddess.”
“Until I am essentially united with God, I can never have full rest or real happiness.”
“That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World.”

Source : William Petty (1691). “Political arthmetick, or a discourse concerning the extent and value of lands, people, buildings, husbandry, manufacture, commerce etc”, p.24
“Don't just parent your kids, develop them.”

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