The truth is that our race survived ignorance; it is our scientific genius that will do us in.
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When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.
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When too many things are taken for granted, it isnext to impossible to perceive the truth.
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Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth
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