Fortune Quote #3534

The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual
superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves
his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. -- Mark Twain

Fortune Quote #3533

There is only one thing a philosopher can be relied upon to do, and that
is to contradict other philosophers. -- William James

Fortune Quote #3532

Category theorists are dual to ordinary people: they often get more
confused when you surround an abstract concept with a lot of distacting
specifics. -- John Baez

Fortune Quote #3531

We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action
always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.
-- Frank Tibolt

Fortune Quote #3530

The reader should not attempt to form a mental picture of a closed
straight line. -- Frank Ayres, Jr., Projective Geometry

Fortune Quote #3529

Whoever truly understands my music is free from the miseries that haunt
the world. -- Ludwig van Beethoven

Fortune Quote #3528

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can
write know anything. -- Walter Bagehot

Fortune Quote #3527

In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost
every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. -- Mark
Twain

Fortune Quote #3526

There never has been and never will be a health care system in which all
people, regardless of class or condition, are treated equally. While the
rich and well-connected always get better access and treatment regardless
of how the health care system is organized, a government-run system can add
new levels of inequality based on social standing or political
position. -- James Frogue, Heritage Foundation report

Fortune Quote #3525

Under universal health care, government rationing is inevitable.
Furthermore, the longer government subsidies are in place, the more acute
this problem will become. -- James Frogue, Heritage Foundation
report