Category Archives: Quotes

The ancients used to say: mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur — the world wants to be deceived, so let it be deceived. –Stanislaw Lem, “A Blink of an Eye”, Okamgnienie (2000); the phrase “Mundus Vult Decipi” was used as a … Continue reading →

What was life worth, anyway, if you had to sit around remembering not to mention this, that, and the other thing because someone else might be upset? Fritz Leiber, Conjure Wife, 1953 Send to Kindle

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it. –Thomas Jefferson in a letter to Archibald Stewart (23 December 1791) Send to Kindle

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. –Elbert Green Hubbard (1856-1915), an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He and his wife Alice Moore Hubbard died in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania. Send to Kindle

The wayfarer, Perceiving the pathway to truth, Was struck with astonishment. It was thickly grown with weeds. “Ha,” he said, “I see that none has passed here In a long time.” Later he saw that each weed Was a singular … Continue reading →

“Always remember that it is impossible to speak in such a way that you cannot be misunderstood: there will always be some who misunderstand you.” –Karl Popper, Unended Quest: An Intellectual Autobiography Send to Kindle