"Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth"
• 04/15/20 at 07:18AM •Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879, - April 18, 1955)
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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879, - April 18, 1955)
Oscar Wilde - (October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, essayist, and poet.(Picture by W. and D. Downey - From Wikimedia Commons)
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Henry S. Haskins ( 1875 - 1957) was a stockbroker and man of letters. He author a book called "Cat's Cradle, Songs Grave and Gay" published in 1916. His aphorisms, including this quote, were edited and published anonymously in 1940 as "Meditations in Wall Street by Albert Jay Nock. Over the years, this quote has been miss-attributed to other famous persons including Ralph Waldo Emerson. Read more
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Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879, - April 18, 1955) - Source: Walter Isaacson presented this less precise translation of Einstein’s remark in the epigraph of his biography. (Credit Quote Investigator website)
“The impression we derive from a book, depends much less upon its real contents, than upon the temper of mind and preparation with which we read it" ..........Click here to read Maria Popova's article on Brain Pickings