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← The superstitious are to swindlers what slaves are to tyrants

17 connected korrents · 7 moments from 24 Mar 1789 to 17 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under religion religion Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under racism racism Everything filed under motivation motivation Everything filed under empathy empathy Everything filed under management management Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: The superstitious are to swindlers what slaves are to tyrants The superstitious are to swindlers whatslaves are to tyrants VO Voltaire — holds since c. 1752–1774 — tap for who they are Same subject: Superstition is a great enemy of humankind, but bigotry is worse — tap to centre the map on it Superstition is a great enemy ofhumankind, but bigotry is worse Last stated 133 years ago 19 Sept 1893 SV Swami Vivekananda — holds since 1893-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: Superstition is an enemy to civil liberty, and enthusiasm a friend to it — tap to centre the map on it Superstition is an enemy to civilliberty, and enthusiasm a friend toit DH David Hume — holds since c. 1741–1776 — tap for who they are Same subject: Words are tools the wise reckon with, but fools treat them as money, valuing them by the authority of famous names — tap to centre the map on it Words are tools the wise reckonwith, but fools treat them as money,valuing them by the authority offamous names TH Thomas Hobbes — holds since c. 1651 — tap for who they are Same subject: The slave trade hardens the people who deal in it; slave dealers are not born worse than other men — tap to centre the map on it The slave trade hardens the peoplewho deal in it; slave dealers arenot born worse than other men Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: The mind of the superior person is set on what is right; the mind of the petty person is set on gain — tap to centre the map on it The mind of the superior person isset on what is right; the mind ofthe petty person is set on gain CO Confucius — holds since c. 551–479 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: Enslaving people strips them of half their virtue and teaches them fraud and cruelty, then blames them for dishonesty — tap to centre the map on it Enslaving people strips them of halftheir virtue and teaches them fraudand cruelty, then blames them fordishonesty Last stated 238 years ago 24 Mar 1789 OE Olaudah Equiano — holds since 1789-03-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whoever gives while thinking of the return deserves to be deceived — tap to centre the map on it Whoever gives while thinking of thereturn deserves to be deceived SE Seneca — holds since c. 56–62 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: Wherever someone exercises authority, someone resists it — tap to centre the map on it Wherever someone exercisesauthority, someone resists it OW Oscar Wilde — holds since c. 1891 — tap for who they are Same subject: A belief system combining cosmic stakes, privileged knowledge, personal vocation and an imperative to act can license extraordinary behavior when it conflicts with ordinary constraints. — tap to centre the map on it A belief system combining cosmicstakes, privileged knowledge,personal vocation and an imperativeto act can license extraordinarybehavior when it conflicts withordinary constraints. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Sept 2026 VR Venkatesh Rao — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Christian is free and subject to none, yet the dutiful servant of all — tap to centre the map on it A Christian is free and subject tonone, yet the dutiful servant of all ML Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are Same subject: A Christian lives in Christ by faith and in the neighbour by love, or is no Christian — tap to centre the map on it A Christian lives in Christ by faithand in the neighbour by love, or isno Christian ML Martin Luther — holds since c. 1520 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Money won't make you happy' is a social truth, not an individual one. — tap to centre the map on it 'Money won't make you happy' is asocial truth, not an individual one. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Mar 2021 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron, since the promise it marks has been perpetually broken. — tap to centre the map on it “Happy Juneteenth” is an oxymoron,since the promise it marks has beenperpetually broken. Last stated 5 months ago 19 Jun 2026 RJ Robert Jones, Jr. — holds since 2026-06-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country may boast of its government only when its poor are well off — tap to centre the map on it A country may boast of itsgovernment only when its poor arewell off TP Thomas Paine — holds since c. 1792 — tap for who they are Same subject: 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly name systematic disadvantage, not merely prejudice against anyone. — tap to centre the map on it 'Racism' and 'sexism' properly namesystematic disadvantage, not merelyprejudice against anyone. Last stated 13 years ago 25 May 2013 AS Alom Shaha — holds since 2013-05-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Diversity" in practice means aiming for fewer white men in positions of authority. — tap to centre the map on it "Diversity" in practice means aimingfor fewer white men in positions ofauthority. Last stated 7 years ago 19 Nov 2019 JP Jordan Peterson — holds since 2019-11-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A ballot law unfair to either race injures whites more lastingly than Black citizens — tap to centre the map on it A ballot law unfair to either raceinjures whites more lastingly thanBlack citizens BW Booker T. Washington — holds since c. 1899 — tap for who they are
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At the centre The superstitious are to swindlers what slaves are to tyrants Last stated c. 1752–1774 Holds Voltaire Read this korrent →