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American sociologist, historian, activist and writer 1868–1963Related quotes
“Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.”
Source: The Picture of Dorian Gray
“Nothing wrong with Southern California that a rise in the ocean wouldn't cure.”
The Moving Target (1949)
Source: The Drowning Pool
“There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.”
“There’s nothing wrong with most men’s egos that the kowtowing of a headwaiter can’t cure.”
The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981), Women & men
"Politics" http://www.ingo-heinemann.de/Politik.htm (13 February 1965).
Scientology Policy Letters
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Source: The Visitor (2002)
Context: You asked for wisdom? Hear these words. Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.
“Nothing is more frightful than to see ignorance in action.”
Es ist nichts schrecklicher als eine tätige Unwissenheit.
Maxim 542, trans. Stopp
Variant translation by Saunders: Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action. (231)
Maxims and Reflections (1833)
“Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.”
Rien n'est si dangereux qu'un ignorant ami;
Mieux vaudrait un sage ennemi.
Book VIII (1678-1679), fable 10.
Fables (1668–1679)
Variant: Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.