Pray look better, Sir… those things yonder are no giants, but windmills. – Miguel de Cervantes
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What difference is there, do you think, between those in Platos cave who can only marvel at the shadows and images of various objects, provided they are content and dont know what they miss, and the philosopher who has emerged from the cave and sees the real things? – Desiderius Erasmus
It isnt safe to sit in judgment upon another persons illusion when you are not on the inside. While you are thinking it is a dream, he may be knowing it is a planet. – Mark Twain
It is always good to explore the stuff you dont agree with, to try and understand a different lifestyle or foreign worldview. I like to be challenged in that way, and always end up learning something I didnt know. – Laura Linney
Facts matter. Science matters. Reason matters. Mitt Romney has shown an inability to respect any of the three. President Barack Obama not only respects them, he relies on them. He is an overwhelming and unquestioned choice to continue as president. – Eliot Spitzer
