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Pernicious Quotes

All forms of government are pernicious, including good government Picture Quote #1

Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root Picture Quote #1

One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity Picture Quote #1

No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration Picture Quote #1

Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control Picture Quote #1

The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary Picture Quote #1

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There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command Picture Quote #1

More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce Picture Quote #1

Religion is... the most pernicious single influence in human society, without one redeeming feature Picture Quote #1

Any innovation in matters of faith is extremely pernicious and utterly damnable! Picture Quote #1

Hops are a wicked and pernicious weed Picture Quote #1

Freedom of belief is pernicious, it is nothing but the freedom to be wrong Picture Quote #1

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There is at this present juncture, a certain fermentation of mind, a certain activity of speculation and enterprise which if properly directed may be made subservient to useful purposes; but which if left entirely to itself, may be attended with pernicious effects Picture Quote #1

If it had not been for the pernicious power of envy, men would not so have exalted vengeance above innocence and profit above justice... in these acts of revenge on others, men take it upon themselves to begin the process of repealing those general laws of humanity which are there to give a hope of salvation to all who are in distress Picture Quote #1

Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man’s happiness as its aim and object. Starting from this, everyone then believes he has the most legitimate claim to happiness and enjoyment. If, as usually happens, these do not fall to his lot, he believes that he suffers an injustice, in fact that he misses the whole point of his existence Picture Quote #1

The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do? Picture Quote #1

Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace of civil society Picture Quote #1

.. that a rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in practice, totally pernicious and destructive Picture Quote #1

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Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them Picture Quote #1

The most pernicious of absurdities is that weak, blind, stupid faith is better than the constant practice of every human virtue Picture Quote #1

I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth Picture Quote #1

The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies, to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious leaders, into intemperate and pernicious resolutions Picture Quote #1

The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious Picture Quote #1

We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn’t OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, ‘You were neglected as a child, so you’ll never make it.’ That’s just as pernicious Picture Quote #1

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Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly Picture Quote #1

Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government? Picture Quote #1

Kitsch is much more than a question of style; it’s a preference for consolation over truth. Disney’s version of reality is not just cleaned up, it’s pernicious. Unlike the best forms of art and philosophy, it undercuts the possibility of transformation because it portrays a world that’s just fine as it is--or as it will be by the time the credits come up Picture Quote #1

All religions are sick men’s dreams, false - demonstrably false - and pernicious Picture Quote #1

Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society’s chief joys: Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours Picture Quote #1

So it was a crossroads summer, when the universe seemed to stand perilously still like an egg wobbling on a precipice, a regular rite of passage summer that saw us traverse the hazardous divide between the illusions of boyhood and the far more pernicious deceptions of maturity, et cetera Picture Quote #1

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All forms of government are pernicious, including good government (Pernicious Quotes) Strikes deeper, grows with more pernicious root (Pernicious Quotes) One of the most pernicious effects of haste is obscurity (Pernicious Quotes) No evil can result from its inhibition more pernicious than its toleration (Pernicious Quotes) Adulthood brings with it a pernicious illusion of control (Pernicious Quotes) The most pernicious of all taxes are the arbitrary (Pernicious Quotes) There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command (Pernicious Quotes) More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce (Pernicious Quotes) Religion is... the most pernicious single influence in human society, without one redeeming feature (Pernicious Quotes) Any innovation in matters of faith is extremely pernicious and utterly damnable! (Pernicious Quotes) Hops are a wicked and pernicious weed (Pernicious Quotes) Freedom of belief is pernicious, it is nothing but the freedom to be wrong (Pernicious Quotes) There is at this present juncture, a certain fermentation of mind, a certain activity of speculation and enterprise which if properly directed may be made subservient to useful purposes; but which if left entirely to itself, may be attended with pernicious effects (Pernicious Quotes) If it had not been for the pernicious power of envy, men would not so have exalted vengeance above innocence and profit above justice... in these acts of revenge on others, men take it upon themselves to begin the process of repealing those general laws of humanity which are there to give a hope of salvation to all who are in distress (Pernicious Quotes) Optimism is not only a false but also a pernicious doctrine, for it presents life as a desirable state and man’s happiness as its aim and object. Starting from this, everyone then believes he has the most legitimate claim to happiness and enjoyment. If, as usually happens, these do not fall to his lot, he believes that he suffers an injustice, in fact that he misses the whole point of his existence (Pernicious Quotes) The main cause is a pernicious falsehood propagated against her being, namely that she is inferior by her nature. Inferior in what? What has man ever done that woman, under the same advantages could not do? (Pernicious Quotes) Disbelief in futurity loosens in a great measure the ties of morality, and may be for that reason pernicious to the peace of civil society (Pernicious Quotes) .. that a rule, which, in speculation, may seem the most advantageous to society, may yet be found, in practice, totally pernicious and destructive (Pernicious Quotes) Masses are rude, lame, unmade, pernicious in their demands and influence, and need not to be flattered, but to be schooled. I wish not to concede anything to them, but to tame, drill, divide, and break them up, and draw individuals out of them (Pernicious Quotes) The most pernicious of absurdities is that weak, blind, stupid faith is better than the constant practice of every human virtue (Pernicious Quotes) I know no disease of the soul but ignorance, a pernicious evil, the darkener of man’s life, the disturber of his reason, and common confounder of truth (Pernicious Quotes) The necessity of a senate is not less indicated by the propensity of all single and numerous assemblies, to yield to the impulse of sudden and violent passions, and to be seduced by factious leaders, into intemperate and pernicious resolutions (Pernicious Quotes) The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious (Pernicious Quotes) We used to say poor people had lousy genes. Then we decided that wasn’t OK, but we transferred the prejudice to upbringing. We said, ‘You were neglected as a child, so you’ll never make it.’ That’s just as pernicious. (Pernicious Quotes) Know thyself! A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever observes himself arrests his own development. A caterpillar who wanted to know itself well would never become a butterfly (Pernicious Quotes) Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government? (Pernicious Quotes) Kitsch is much more than a question of style; it’s a preference for consolation over truth. Disney’s version of reality is not just cleaned up, it’s pernicious. Unlike the best forms of art and philosophy, it undercuts the possibility of transformation because it portrays a world that’s just fine as it is--or as it will be by the time the credits come up. (Pernicious Quotes) All religions are sick men’s dreams, false - demonstrably false - and pernicious (Pernicious Quotes) Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society’s chief joys: Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours. (Pernicious Quotes) So it was a crossroads summer, when the universe seemed to stand perilously still like an egg wobbling on a precipice, a regular rite of passage summer that saw us traverse the hazardous divide between the illusions of boyhood and the far more pernicious deceptions of maturity, et cetera. (Pernicious Quotes)

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