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Quotes from The Decline and Fall of Science — Celia Green

born 1935 United Kingdom

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The object of the educational system is to make the child feel suitably guilty for the harm that has been done to him.

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The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs.

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'Social justice' - the expression of universal hatred.

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Astonishment is the only realistic emotion.

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People have been marrying and bringing up children for centuries now. Nothing has ever come of it.

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I cannot write long books; I leave that for those who have nothing to say.

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Only the impossible is worth attempting. In everything else one is sure to fail.

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Education by the State is a contradiction in terms. Intellectual development is only possible to those who have seen through society.

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The fact that something is far-fetched is no reason why it should not be true; it cannot be as far-fetched as the fact that something exists.

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Society expresses its sympathy for the geniuses of the past to distract attention from the fact that it has no intention of being sympathetic to the geniuses of the present.

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That society exists to frustrate the individual may be seen from its attitude to work. It is only morally acceptable if you do not want to do it. If you want to, it becomes a personal pleasure.

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Democracy: everyone should have an equal opportunity to obstruct everybody else.

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It is inconceivable that anything should be existing. It is not inconceivable that a lot of people should also be existing who are not interested in the fact that they exist. But it is certainly very odd.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Celia Green (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.