“My opinion of mankind is founded upon the mournful fact that, so far as I can see, they find within themselves the means of believing in a thousand times as much as there is to believe in.” BelieveMeanI CanFactsOpinionMankindThousandLogicCertaintyUncertaintyReasoningOntology Book:A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan Source: A Budget of Paradoxes Reprinted, with the Author's Additions, from the Athenaeum Augustus De Morgan
“I am the last man in the world to say that the succor which is given us from America is not in itself something to rejoice at greatly. But I also say that I can see more in the knowledge that America is going to win a right to be at the conference table when the terms of peace are discussed. . . . It would have been a tragedy for mankind if America had not been there, and there with all her influence and power.” IfsMenWorldHas BeensI CanLastsAmericaWinningGivenTermInfluenceMankindTragedyTablesRejoiceConferencesInfluence And Power Author:David Lloyd George
“I can't accept "our nervous age," since mankind has been nervous during every age. Whoever fears nervousness should turn into a sturgeon or smelt; if a sturgeon makes a stupid mistake, it can only be one: to end up on a hook, and then in a pan in a pastry shell.” IfsShouldHas BeensI CanEndsAgeTurnsMistakeAcceptingMankindStupidNervousShellsHookPastriesNervousnessStupid Mistake Author:Anton Chekhov