Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.
[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity. - Robert Staughton Lynd
[History is] the story of the magnificent rear-guard action fought during several thousand years by dogma against curiosity.
- Robert Staughton Lynd
Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. - Robert Staughton Lynd
Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead. - Robert Staughton Lynd
Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.
The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances. - Robert Staughton Lynd
The telephone is the greatest nuisance among conveniences, the greatest convenience among nuisances.
When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be given the same old advice … - Robert Staughton Lynd
When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we shall be given the same old advice …
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve. - Robert Staughton Lynd
Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can be happy in ways which we approve.
Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with. - Robert Staughton Lynd
Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear. - Robert Staughton Lynd
I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply b… - Robert Staughton Lynd
There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply b…
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