The Culture Of Any Period Is A Mixture Of That Which Docilely Caters To Passing Whims And Fancies And That Which Transcends These Things -- And May Also Pass Judgement On Them.

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The culture of any period is a mixture of that which docilely caters
to passing whims and fancies and that which transcends these things --
and may also pass judgement on them.
-- Stanislaw Lem

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See also brochureware....
Even his ignorance is encyclopedic. -- Stanislaw Lem
Think before you think! -- Stanislaw Lem
The first requisite for immortality is death. -- Stanislaw Lem
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-- E.M. Ciora...
Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels. -- Stanislaw Lec
Truth will be out this morning. (Which may really mess things up.)

The Culture Of Any Period Is A Mixture Of That Which Docilely Caters To Passing Whims And Fancies And That Which Transcends These Things -- And May Also Pass Judgement On Them.

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