'Words' Category
Ingersoll on Misogynists
The men who declare that woman is the intellectual inferior of man, do not, and cannot, by offering themselves in evidence, substantiate their declaration. Robert Green Ingersoll – “Men, Women, And God†(1885) via Cynical-C
Morley on Unanimity
My mom sent me this one, saying it reminded her of me. Awesome. Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of [...]
Quote Dump
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not. – Eric Hoffer If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. – George Bernard Shaw I have long been of [...]
Quotes
An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support. – John Buchan The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind. – H. L. Mencken It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts [...]
Mann on War (not man-o-war)
War is a cowardly escape from the problems of peace. – Thomas Mann
