“It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases.”
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By nature's kindly disposition most questions which it is beyond a man's power to answer do not occur to him at all.
Language is like money, without which specific relative values may well exist and be felt, but cannot be reduced to a common denominator.
Bid, then, the tender light of faith to shine By which alone the mortal heart is led Unto the thinking of the thought divine.
Wisdom comes by disillusionment.