Quotes by Bergen Evans

“Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.”

“Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt.”

“Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.”

“There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led….”

“Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.”

“[T]here is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.”

Euphemisms persist because lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.