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Age of Enlightenment1 quote
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. — John Locke · 1690Classical antiquity1 quote
The true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention. — Socrates · 375 BCThe Renaissance1 quote
There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1513