"We avenge intellect when we dupe a fool, and it is a victory not to be despised for a fool is covered with steel and it is often very hard to find his vulnerable part."

-- Giacomo Casanova

#Victory Quotes #Dupes Quotes #Steel Quotes

“The Christian Democrats always made you feel like the poor relation.”
“The propositions of mathematics have, therefore, the same unquestionable certainty which is typical of such propositions as "All bachelors are unmarried," but they also share the complete lack of empirical content which is associated with that certainty: The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter.”

Source : Carl Gustav Hempel (2001). “The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel: Studies in Science, Explanation, and Rationality”, p.13, Oxford University Press on Demand
“Tears have the value of gold on the scales of the human heart' and the weights do not ask whether it is found or stolen gold, or whether you had to sweat in the digging.”

Source : Ferenc Molnár (1925). “Prisoners: a novel”
“No matter how hard you're going, you can always go harder.”
“Theodore Roethke was a poet I was raised with so he has a lot of sentimental value for me.”
“There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want”

Source : "No Easy Answers: An Interview with James Q. Wilson". Interview with William D. Eggers and John O'Leary, reason.com. February 1995.
“I really love young Tom Hanks. He's just one of my favorites. He's a great, quirky every-man. I also love Zach Braff. I really love actors that are quirky and interesting, that sort of try to portray 'normal' people.”
“Never underestimate yourself”

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