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title: "5 Science Promised Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [Science promised man power. But, as so often happens when people are seduced by promises of power, the price is servitude and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-weizenbaum/science-promised-man-power-but-as-so-often-happens-when-people-are/)

[Joseph Weizenbaum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-weizenbaum/)

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> [but all the things Science had promised us hadn't come to pass. Disease was still a problem. Starvation was still a problem.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/but-all-the-things-science-had-promised-us-hadn-t-come-to-pass/)

[Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bea/jim-butcher-151_changed_but-all-the-things-science-had-promised_1549696.png)

> [“Science promised us truth, or at least a knowledge of such relations as our intelligence can seize: it never promised us peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-le-bon/science-promised-us-truth-or-at-least-a-knowledge-of-such-relations/)

[Gustave Le Bon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-le-bon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/gustave-le-bon-10163_happiness_science-promised-us-truth-or-at-least-a_2187491.jpg)

> [Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-wood-krutch/science-has-always-promised-two-things-not-necessarily-related-an/)

[Joseph Wood Krutch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-wood-krutch/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36c/joseph-wood-krutch-7377_firsts_science-has-always-promised-two-things-n_2231918.jpg)

> [Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-le-bon/science-has-promised-us-truth-it-has-never-promised-us-either-peace/)

[Gustave Le Bon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-le-bon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6b0/gustave-le-bon-10163_funny_science-has-promised-us-truth-it-has-nev_2675542.jpg)

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