In a war of ideas, it is people who get killed.

Quote by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unkown poet.'

The success of Heine -- to become a world-famous 'unkown poet.'

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

Telling lies does not work in advertising.

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul...

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul...

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who...

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who...

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same...

The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same...

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We...

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

The security of Society lies in custom and unconscious instinct, and the basis of the...

Making mental connections is our most crucial learning tool, the essence of human intelligence; to...

Making mental connections is our most crucial learning tool, the essence of human intelligence; to...

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

Weve all met people who are supposedly incredibly intelligent but dont know which way to...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

While we must remain determined to defeat terrorism, it isn't only terrorism we are fighting....

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the...

The intelligence of the creature known as a crowd, is the square root of the...

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

The arch-flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence, is a man's self.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history.

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely...

The assumption is that the right kind of society is an organic being not merely...

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an...

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an...