"Science has promised us truth...It has never promised……" — Gustave Le Bon
"Science has promised us truth...It has never promised us either peace or happiness."
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11 Quotes by Gustave Le Bon
Gustave Le Bon has 11 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
- If atheism spread, it would become a religion as intolerable as the ancient ones.
- The role of the scholar is to destroy chimeras, that of the statesman is to make use of them.
- The beginning of a revolution is in reality the end of a belief.
- The precise moment at which a great belief is doomed is easily recognizable; it is the moment when its value…
- The art of those who govern consists above all in the science of employing words.
- Crowds are somewhat like the sphinx of ancient fable: It is necessary to arrive at a solution of the problems…
- The greater part of our daily actions are the result of hidden motives which escape our observation.
- The conscious life of the mind is of small importance in comparison with its unconscious life.
- At the bidding of a Peter the Hermit millions of men hurled themselves against the East; the words of an…
- The masses have never thirsted after truth. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to…
More Either Peace Quotes
This quote is filed under Either Peace Quotes, one of 2 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
- Riches have never yet given anybody either peace or rest. — Billy Sunday