Stephen Vizinczey
Stephen Vizinczey
Stephen Vizinczey, originally István Vizinczey, is an author and writer...
NationalityHungarian
ProfessionAuthor
greatness rereading
Thou shalt not let a day pass without rereading something great.
book imagination safety
Perhaps in a book review it is not out of place to note that the safety of the state depends on cultivating the imagination.
consistency virtue train
Consistency is a virtue for trains.
lying law facts
To state a lie firmly, categorically and with great authority, undeterred by the fact that all concerned know it to be a lie, is one of the principal activities defined by the term practising law.
assuming concern
To be great is to assume great concerns.
memories powerful men
Powerful men in particular suffer from the delusion that human beings have no memories. I would go so far as to say that the distinguishing trait of powerful men is the psychotic certainty that people forget acts of infamy as easily as their parents birth
work dangerous-ideas people
As a rule, the most dangerous ideas are not the ones that divide people but those on which they agree.
trying impossible great-power
All great power has to do to destroy itself is persist in trying to do the impossible.
stupid silly may
Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.
two people wages
Like all wage slaves, he had two crosses to bear: the people he worked for and the people he worked with
eye greatness tragedy
When you close your eyes to tragedy, you close your eyes to greatness.