"Happy (if mortals can be) is the man,Who, not by priest but Reason, rules his span:Reason, to its possessor a sure guide,Reason, a thorn in Revelation's side."

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Source : Thomas Chatterton (1842). “The Poetical Works with Notices of His Life, History of the Rowley Controversy, a Selection of His Letters and Notes Critical and Explanatory: I-II”, p.440

Thomas Chatterton

#Men Quotes #Sides Quotes #Reason Quotes

“The New York City Ballet is obviously speaking to a whole new generation and bringing it the same wonder and beauty that it brought previous generations”
“It was humanly impossible for the disciples to free themselves from their selfish pursuit of self-exaltation, just as it's impossible for us to free ourselves from the very same sins.”
“Always be a first-rate version of yourself.”

Source : "Business Etiquette for the Nineties: Your Ticket to Career Success". Book by Lou Kennedy, 1992.
“Be spontaneous, be creative, go out and have fun, let things happen naturally.”
“An audience is an abstraction; it has no taste. It must depend on the only person who has (pardon, should have), the conductor.”
“I can only give you words. Nothing fancy. But this will have to do. It doesn't matter if you're reading it a year from now or a hundred years from now. By the end of the chronicle you will know that humanity carried the flame of knowledge into the terrible blackness of the unknown, to the very brink of annihilation. And we carried it back.”

Source : Daniel H. Wilson (2011). “Robopocalypse”, p.8, Simon and Schuster
“It is commonly, but erroneously, believed that it is easy to ask questions. A fool, it is said, can ask questions that a wise man cannot answer. The fact is that a wise man can answer many questions that a fool cannot ask.”

Source : Cassius Jackson Keyser (1947). “Mathematics as a culture clue: and other essays”
“There's been a lot of speculation about every single girl I'm with and it actually does quite irritate me after a while, more so because it's a complete pain for the girls.”

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