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

— Celia Green The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

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The human race has to be bad at psychology; if it were not, it would understand why it is bad at everything else.

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

In an unenlightened society some people are forced to play degrading social roles; in an enlightened society, everyone is.

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is lucky to escape with his life.

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

The remarkable thing about the human mind is its range of limitations.

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

Human nature: vindictiveness lightly coated with dishonesty.

The Decline and Fall of Science (1976)

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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