C. E. M. Joad Citas

• There are those who feel an imperative need to believe, for whom the values of a belief are proportionate not to its truth, but to its definiteness. Incapable of either admitting the existence of contrary judgments or of suspending their own, they supply the place of knowledge by turning other men's conjectures into dogmas.

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  Believe, Men, Atheism

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• It has been left to our generation to discover that you can move heaven and earth to save five minutes and then not have the faintest idea what to do with them when you have saved them.

  C. E. M. Joad

  Moving, Our Generation, Ideas

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• It all depends what you mean by.

  C. E. M. Joad

  Mean, Atheism, Depends

  Answering questions on 'The Brains Trust' (formerly 'Any Questions'), BBC radio (1941-8)

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• My life is spent in perpetual alternation between two rhythms,
  the rhythm of attracting people for fear I may be lonely
  and the rhythm of trying to get rid of them
  because I know that I am bored.

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  Lonely, Being Alone, Two

  In Observer 12 Dec. 1948, p. 2

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• El secreto del periodismo de éxito es enfadar tanto a tus lectores que escriban la mitad de tu artículo por ti.

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  Writing, Successful, Secret

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• There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own.

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  Knowledge, Important, Age

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• In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.

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  Country, Civilization, Principles

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• War provides an outlet for every evil element in man's nature. It enfranchises cupidity and greed gives a charter to petty tyranny, glorifies cruelty and places in positions of power the vulgar and base.

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  War, Men, Position Of Power

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• Algunos se convierten en vinagre, pero los mejores mejoran con la edad.

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  Birthday, Wine, Turning 50

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• A man's style should be like his dress. It should be as unobtrusive and should attract as little attention as possible.

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  Men, Style, Dresses

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• Un alma buena, como un cuerpo bueno, debe ser lo más discreta posible; en la medida en que funcione correctamente, no debe notarse ni para bien ni para mal.

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  Soul, Body, Should

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• Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would permit, rather ungraciously perhaps, the indulgence of a number of carefully selected desires.

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  Numbers, Soul, Desire

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