"If conquerors be regarded as the engine-drivers of……" — Arthur Koestler
"If conquerors be regarded as the engine-drivers of History, then the conquerors of thought are perhaps the pointsmen who, less conspicuous to the traveler's eye, determine the direction of the journey."
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110 Quotes by Arthur Koestler
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...the crimes of violence committed for selfish, personal motives are historically insignificant compared to those committed ad majorem gloriam Dei,…
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There is only one prospect worse than being chained to an intolerable existence: The nightmare of a botched attempt to…
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Space-ships and time machines are no escape from the human condition. Let Othello subject Desdemona to a lie-detector test; his…
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If the creator has a purpose in equipping us with a neck, he surely would have meant for us to…
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The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark.
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As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe.…
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The real achievement in discoveries ... is seeing an analogy where no one saw one before. .. The essence of…
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The evolution of the brain not only overshot the needs of prehistoric man, it is the only example of evolution…
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In the meantime, the educated public continues to believe that Darwin has provided all the relevant answers by the magic…
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When a chess player looks at the board, he does not see a static mosaic, a 'still life', but a…
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No writer or teacher or artist can escape the responsibility of influencing others whether he intends to or not, whether…
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Religion is the organization of spirituality into something that became the hand maiden of conquerors. Nearly all religions were brought…
— John Henrik Clarke
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It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers.…
— John Henrik Clarke
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The best soldiers are not warlike; the best fighters do not lose their temper. The greatest conquerors are those who…
— Laozi
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When it comes to physicians there is a common thread that is a major barrier to solving our concerns. We…
— Brian Day
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War...is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.
— Ludwig von Mises
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Captive Greece took captive her savage conqueror.
— Horace
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Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.
— Honore de Balzac
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Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with…
— Fran Lebowitz
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PATRIOT, n. One to whom the interests of a part seem superior to those of the whole. The dupe of…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Gold is the key, whatever else we try; and that sweet metal aids the conqueror in every case, in love…
— Moliere
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In imperialism nothing fails like success. If the conqueror oppresses his subjects, they will become fanatical patriots, and sooner or…
— William Ralph Inge
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Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all,…
— Jean Rostand
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