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Some Quotes
« on: February 27, 2023, 07:20:01 am »
“Against stupidity the very gods  themselves contend in vain.”¯
Friedrich von Schiller, German playwright and philosopher (1759 -1805)



“But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.¯”
Khaled Hosseini, Afghan-born American novelist (b. 1965)



“When one with honeyed words but evil mind persuades the mob, great woes befall the state.¯”
Euripides, Greek dramatist (480 -406 BC)



“Human beings live in their myths. They only endure their realities.”¯
Robert Anton Wilson, American novelist (1932 - 2007)



“No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”¯
Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French author (1613 -1680)


“It would not be impossible to prove with sufficient repetition and a psychological understanding of the people concerned that a square is in fact a circle. They are mere words, and words can be molded until they clothe ideas and disguise.¯”
Joseph Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda during Nazi control of Germany (1897-1945)



“If Satan ever laughs, it must be at hypocrites; they are the greatest dupes he has.”¯
Charles Caleb Colton, English author and clergyman (1780 -1832



“You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can´t fool all of the people all the time.¯”
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States of America (1809 -1865), attributed



“He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.”¯
Napoleon Bonaparte, French military leader and Emperor of the French (1769 - 1821)



“False words are not only evil in theselves, but they infect the soul with evil.¯”
Socrates, Greek philosopher (c. 469-399 BC)


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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2023, 07:22:19 pm »
“Human beings live in their myths. They only endure their realities.”¯
~ Robert Anton Wilson, American novelist (1932 - 2007)


Robert Anton Wilson ----> Quantum Psychology

If anyone is interested in Philip K. Dick's works, I think they might get more than a few chuckles from Robert Anton Wilson:  http://rawilson.com/quantum.html


I put a link to Principia Discordia in the "Philosophy of Misery" thread. 

This is there, about the "Black Iron Prison" : Hey, kid. Welcome to Prison.

http://www.principiadiscordia.com/bip/2.php
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