Gustave Le Bon

True democratic progress doesn't lie in lowering the elite to the level of the crowd, but in elevating the crowd towards the level of the elite.

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Gustave Le Bon

Truth democratic progress doesn't lie in lowering the elite to the level of the crowd, but in elevating the crowd towards the level of the elite.

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Aristotle

There is the same difference between the knowledgeable and the ignorant, as there is between the living and the dead.

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Aristotle

Doubt is the beginning of wisdom.

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Aristotle

There is nothing in our intelligence that has not first touched our senses.

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Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

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Duque de Levis

It's better to judge a man's talent by the questions he asks rather than the answers he gives.

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Albert Einstein

The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.

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Bertrand Russell

Most people would die sooner than think; in fact, they do.

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Elbert Hubbard

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.

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Elbert Hubbard

You can lade a man up to th' university, but ye can't make him think

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Elbert Hubbard

This will never be a civilized country until we expend more money for books than we do for chewing gum

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Elbert Hubbard

Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

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François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld

He who lives without being crazy is not as wise as he believes.

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Don Marquis

Man is a queer looking gink who uses what brains he has to get himself into trouble and then blames it on the fates

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Marcel Achard

I have many new and brilliant ideas, however the brilliant aren't that new and the new aren't that brilliant.

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Marcel Achard

When you understand what a pretty girl says, it's that she's not actually that pretty

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Marcel Achard

It's best to make mistakes with everyone than to be intelligent alone.

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Marcel Achard

Certain people believe that genius is hereditary. Others don't have children!

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Ronald Reagan

An economist is someone who, on being shown something that works in practice, wonders if it would work in theory

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Arthur C. Clarke

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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Arthur C. Clarke

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.

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André Gide

When a philosopher answers your question, you can't even remember what you asked in the first place.

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