Easy to live without miracles surely"Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel."
"The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else."
21st Century life* - Fyodor Dostoyevsky c19
* not a particular book, just what he was describing
Look at all those invented today, from gender swapping to various rights and a whole bunch else.Easy to live without miracles surely
I see them as gender swapping and various rightsLook at all those invented today, from gender swapping to various rights and a whole bunch else.
It is certainly miraculous that a man can turn into a woman by incanting some magical phrases.I see them as gender swapping and various rightsthey are what they are.
Miracles? Really?
That's a wonderful book. Have you read it?"If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change."
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa - The Leopard
Read about half of it donkeys ago. I must go back to it one day.That's a wonderful book. Have you read it?
Aye, I'll remember that 'quote' fair trips aff the tongue"Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He will believe in witchcraft and sorcery, even though he may otherwise be a heretic, an atheist, and a rebel."
"The man who lies to himself can be more easily offended than anyone else."
21st Century life* - Fyodor Dostoyevsky c19
* not a particular book, just what he was describing
it’s two different yins. Talk about a bargain!Aye, I'll remember that 'quote' fair trips aff the tongue![]()
Keep it pithy I would sayit’s two different yins. Talk about a bargain!
The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have.
All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.
Erasmus

Never a truer word.The less talent they have, the more pride, vanity and arrogance they have.
All these fools, however, find other fools who applaud them.
Erasmus
With or without Tabasco?The life of a man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.
David Hume
A man with Tabasco? Saucy.With or without Tabasco?![]()
Without. Smoking is bad for youWith or without Tabasco?![]()
Aye in his opinion.Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance.
Plato.
That's just your opinionAye in his opinion.

Jist put the quote and who said it, nae added value judgments.‘One is either a German or a Christian, one cannot be both’
- an Austrian painter, and astute observer of the nature of nationalism
Ji
Jist put the quote and who said it, nae added value judgments.
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