His was not a small mind bothered by logic and consistency.
I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.
May you live as long as you wish and love as long as you live.
To die trying is the proudest humans thing.
Customs tell a man who he is, where he belongs, what he must do. Better illogical customs than none; men cannot live together without them. From an anthropologist's view, 'justice' is a search for workable customs.
Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.
Many older physicians had gone to their graves calling Pasteur a liar, a fool, or worse---and without examining evidence which their βcommon senseβ told them was impossible.