Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.Simone Weil
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.Galileo Galilei
When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.Cicero
