Empty Flattery Quotes by L.E. Modesitt Jr.

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L.E. Modesitt Jr. has 8 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Minds, like parachutes, function better when open, but, like fists, they strike harder when closed.
• Hatred is a form of faith, distilled by passion to remove all rationality.
• Deities are invented by fallible and finite beings in the hope and desire to create immortal perfection; unfortunately, such deities only reflect…
• Never mistake law for justice. Justice is an ideal, and law is a tool.
• Most people don’t care who rules, as long as their lives don’t change.
• Love of another is merely empty flattery and self-deception for one who cannot accept himself without pretense.
• If you do good because you expect to be rewarded, it is greed.
• Without power, knowledge is useless. without knowledge, faith is tyranny. Without understanding, humanity is blind, and without all four, it is doomed.

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