“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)