When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense

Quote by Edward Abbey

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I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to...

I would never betray a friend to serve a cause. Never reject a friend to...

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.

Who needs astrology? The wise man gets by on fortune cookies.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a...

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a...

High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of...

High technology has done us one great service: It has retaught us the delight of...

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination

Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many...

Baseball is a slow, sluggish game, with frequent and trivial interruptions, offering the spectator many...

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn

Taxation: how the sheep are shorn

Politics is very much like taxes - everybody is against them, or everybody is for...

Politics is very much like taxes - everybody is against them, or everybody is for...

The fundamental class division in any society is not between rich and poor, or between...

The fundamental class division in any society is not between rich and poor, or between...

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax.

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxing is an easy business. Any projector can contrive new compositions, any bungler can add...

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like...

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that...

In 1790, the nation which had fought a revolution against taxation without representation discovered that...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

All taxation is an evil, but heavy taxes, indiscriminately levied on every everything are one...

Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'

Tax reform means, 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.'

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with...

Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the...

Tariff: a scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the...