They respect their betters, and fear those below them.
And here was the moment. The end of it all, for civilization was merely another name for friendship, and friendship was coming to an end.
Just because your choice is predetermined does not mean you do not have a free choice before you take it (516)
«How do we justify calling ourselves civilised, after all? Is it the books we read? The delicacy of our tastes? Our place in continuing a line of belief ando of common values which strech back a thous...
Generally speaking, our minds impose an entirely artificial order on the world. It is the only way that such an inadequate instrument as our brain can function. It cannot deal with the complexity of r...
An in experienced traveler would imagine that their land contains the finest buildings, the biggest towns, the richest, best-fed, happiest people in the world.
Lying, he said out loud, hoping no one would hear. I need to lie. Teach me, quickly.I wouldn't if I were you, came the response. For a start, it's a variable concept here. You are in a culture where a...
When an experiment was to begin, all women were excluded for fear their irrational natures would influence the result, and an air of fervent concentration descended.
It is a machine which I invented, designed and built. It is a way of gaining access to a variety of realities. As I say, at the moment it leads to a world created from Henry’s imagination.’ ‘Does he k...
I cannot remember a single painting, although I do remember trying hard to be deeply impressed by them at the time.
He had volunteered early, rather than waiting to be conscripted, for he felt a duty and an obligation to serve, and believed that ... being willing to fight for his country and the liberty it represen...
In a world of chemically induced sanity, a little lunacy confers immense advantages.
He (William Cort) had some desire to be successful, but it did not burn so strongly in him that he was prepared to overcome his character to achieve it.
God forbid that I should ever suffer the shame of publishing a book for money, or of having one of my family so demean themselves. How can one tell who might read it? No worthy book has ever been writ...
The rolling sound of a good hymn badly sung is particularly evocative.
Tommaso nu voise decât un strat de protecție între el și responsabilitate, în cazul în care se întâmpla ceva rău.
Atât timp cât un număr suficient de oameni cred că e autentic, chiar e.
Creating a void which others seek to fill through conversation.
The French, I knew, were well ahead in this area, constructing gigantic palaces in the centre of cities which offer every luxury to travellers prepared to pay well to avoid any real contact with the p...
Aunt Gertie could not tell the difference between 1928 and now. Uncle Joseph was dead and alive. In other words, she grasped the essential non-existence of time. Generally speaking, our minds impose a...
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