Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2008-08-08 Aug 8, 2008It takes a long time to understand nothing.~ Edward DahlbergYou can never get enough of what you don't really need.~ Eric HofferThe secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.~ Groucho Marx Aug 7, 2008In our country, the lie has become not just a moral category but a pillar of the State.~ Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe house of delusions is cheap to build but drafty to live in, and ready at any instant to fall.~ A. E. HousmanThe modern susceptibility to conformity and obedience to authority indicates that the truth endorsed by authority is likely to be accepted as such by a majority of the people.~ David Edwards Aug 6, 2008A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.~ Thomas JeffersonA man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.~ Alexander PopeHe that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.~ Edmund Burke Aug 5, 2008All truth passes through 3 stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.~ Arthur SchopenhauerThere are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics.~ Benjamin DisraeliIn all affairs it’s a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.~ Bertrand Russell Aug 4, 2008The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher standard.~ George McGovernThe mortalist enemy unto knowledge, and that which hath done the greatest execution unto truth, has been a preemptory adhesion unto authority.~ Sir Thomas BrowneIn times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.~ George Orwell Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print