RationalWitness	Re: Goethe to the Rescue
	Got Goethe? Here are some more ... Nothing hurts a new truth more than an old error. Nothing is more revolting than the majority; for it consists of few vigorous predecessors, of knaves who accommodate themselves, of weak people who assimilate themselves, and the mass that toddles after them without knowing in the least what it wants. Confronted by outstanding merit, there is no way of saving one's ego except by love. Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. When you praise someone you call yourself his equal. Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden. Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game. He alone is great and happy who requires neither to command nor to obey in order to secure his being of some importance in the world. Thanks for bringing up a worthwhile topic, Maximus. Much better than that 'daily text' I used to straitjacket my mind with each day. Cheers, Rational
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