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Science may carry us to Mars, but it will leave the Earth peopled as ever by the inept.

— Agnes Repplier Pursuit of Laughter (1936)

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People who pin their faith to a catchword never feel the necessity of understanding anything.

It is in his pleasures that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

Wit is as infinite as love, and a deal more lasting in its qualities.

A Plea for Humor (1891)

War will pass when injustice passes. Never before, unless hope leaves the world.

Woman Enthroned (1920)

Parental legislation for the benefit of the weak leaves them as weak as ever ... They may go to heaven in leading-strings, but they cannot conquer Apollyon on the way.

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The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

H. P. Lovecraft The Call of Cthulhu (1926)

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life, lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence and leading the individual towards freedom.

Albert Einstein Moral Decay (1937)

Science and religion are two human enterprises sharing many features.

Freeman Dyson Infinite in All Directions (1988)

To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

Henri Poincaré Science and Hypothesis (1901)

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