One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long chains of causation may separate final effects from ultimate causes lying outside the domain of that field of science. Guns, Germs And Steel
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. Major Barbara
In hell there is no other punishment than to begin over and over again the tasks left unfinished in your lifetime. Autumn Leaves
One repays a teacher badly if one remains always only a student. Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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