Thought would destroy their paradise.
No more; where ignorance is bliss,
Tis folly to be wise.
--Thomas Gray 1742


If you drop a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will of course frantically try to clamber out.
But if you place it gently in a pot of tepid water and turn the heat on low,
it will float there quite placidly. As the water gradually heats up, the frog will sink into a tranquil stupor,
exactly like one of us in a hot bath, and before long, with a smile on its face, it will unresistingly
allow itself to be boiled to death.
--Daniel Quinn's The Story of B 1996


It’s amazing how much panic one honest man can spread among a multitude of hypocrites.
--Thomas Sowell