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“Anyone can see a forest fire. Skill lies in sniffing the first smoke.”

Firsts Lying Fire Society Skills Forests Smoke Sniffing Forest Fires

Book:Time Enough for Love

Source: Time Enough for Love

“For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostratebefore the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beastsbut rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace.”

Mind Looks Able Lying Blood Society All Things Stones Look Up Temples Altars Piety

Author:Lucretius

“When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One's standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control.”

People Way Lying Evil Force Easy Loses Society Losing Standing Silent Oneself Obvious Senses Resistance Destroyed Repeats Liars Controlled Cooperation Resisting Erode Probity

Author:Theodore Dalrymple