We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. – Francis Bacon Category: Philosophy
The natural philosophers are mostly gone. We modern scientists are adding too many decimals. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962) Category: Philosophy
Philosophy, like medicine, has plenty of drugs, few good remedies, and hardly any specific cures. – Nicolas Chamfort, Maximes et penseés Category: Philosophy
You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand. – Leonardo DaVinci Category: Censorship
The value systems of those with access to power and of those far removed from such access cannot be the same. The viewpoint of the privileged is unlike that of the underprivileged. – Aung San Suu Kyi Category: power