Michael Crichton (1942–2008) American author, screenwriter, film producer
"Mediasaurus: The decline of conventional media" - Speech at the National Press Club, Washington D.C. (7 April 1993)
“Extreme pride or dejection indicates extreme ignorance of self.”
— Baruch Spinoza, book Ethics
Part IV, Prop. LV
Ethics (1677)
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Ius summum saepe summa est malitia.
Act IV, scene 5, line 48 (796).
Variant translations:
The highest law is often the greatest wrong.
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