States Lose

Famous quotes containing the words states and/or lose:

“In it he proves that all things are true and states how the truths of all contradictions may be reconciled physically, such as for example that white is black and black is white; that one can be and not be at the same time; that there can be hills without valleys; that nothingness is something and that everything, which is, is not. But take note that he proves all these unheard-of paradoxes without any fallacious or sophistical reasoning.”
—Savinien Cyrano De Bergerac (1619–1655)

“It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self.”
—Francis Bacon (1561–1626)