A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. William James
US Pragmatist philosopher & psychologist (1842 - 1910) Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought. Albert von Szent-Gyorgyi, in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
US biochemist (1893 - 1986) He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool. Albert Camus
French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 - 1960) (Of Jesus): "A parish demogogue." Shelley (Queen Mab) A man with his belly full of the classics is an enemy of the human race. Henery Miller, Tropic of Cancer 1934 There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it. Cicero
Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC) The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum. Menander
Greek comic dramatist (342 BC - 292 BC) There is no glory in otustripping donkeys. Marcus Valerius Martialis
(40 AD - 103 AD) It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are. Publilius Syrus (c. 42 BC) How little you know about the age you live in if you think that honey is sweeter than cash in hand. Ovid
Roman poet (43 BC - 17 AD) | 
