“But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.”
~ the character Jubal Harshaw in ‘Stranger In A Strange Land’ by Robert Heinlein.
“In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.” ~ Hunter S. Thompson
“Adam was but human — this explains it all. He did not want the apple for the apple’s sake, he wanted it only because it was forbidden.” – Mark Twain, Pudd’nhead Wilson
“I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue, than why I have one.” – Marcus Ports Cato (Cato the Elder) From Plutarch, Lives, Cato, sec. 19