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121 " fama de tortuoso. "
― Isaac Asimov , Foundation (Foundation, #1)
122 " muchedumbre "
123 " a las mil maravillas. "
124 " nuca "
125 " cautela "
126 " turba "
127 " a las bravas. "
128 " Chen said, “Dr. Seldon, you disturb the peace of the Emperor’s realm. None of the quadrillions living now among all the stars of the Galaxy will be living a century from now. Why, then, should we concern ourselves with events of three centuries distance?” “I shall not be alive half a decade hence,” said Seldon, “and yet it is of overpowering concern to me. Call it idealism. Call it an identification of myself with that mystical generalization to which we refer by the term, ‘humanity. "
129 " a la deriva. "
130 " The Foundation, as he says, was established as a scientific refuge – the means by which the science and culture of the dying Empire was to be preserved through the centuries of barbarism that have begun, to be rekindled in the end into a second Empire. "
131 " Everyone believes it just the same. I mean all this talk about the Prophet Hari Seldon and how he appointed the Foundation to carry on his commandments that there might some day be a return to the Earthly Paradise: and how anyone who disobeys his commandments will be destroyed for eternity. They believe it. I’ve presided at festivals, and I’m sure they "
132 " And the ship died! For it is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works, and that such curses as that of Aporat’s are really deadly. "
133 " ¡Quizá! Sus opiniones son suyas, naturalmente. Aún es usted muy joven.—Es un defecto que la mayor parte de la gente tiene en cierto período de su vida. "
134 " Since when does prejudice follow any law but its own. "
135 " La muerte, excelencia, es un fenómeno tan absoluto e irrevocable, que ciertamente debe haber alguna otra alternativa. "
136 " He estado allí. ¡Es una ratonera hedionda! Supongo que puede usted llamarla república, pero siempre hay alguien de la familia Argo que consigue salir elegido Comodoro. Y si da la casualidad de que no te gusta... te ocurren cosas. "
137 " Así de sencillo. "
138 " Now any dogma, primarily based on faith and emotionalism, is a dangerous weapon to use on others, since it is almost impossible to guarantee that the weapon will never be turned on the user. "
139 " La religión es una de las grandes influencias civilizadoras de la historia, "
140 " Desde el punto de vista sociológico, es como si, cuando el viejo Imperio empezó a descomponerse en sus bordes, la ciencia les hubiese fallado a los mundos periféricos. Para que volvieran a aceptarla, tenía que aparecer disfrazada de otra cosa... Y eso es justo lo que ha pasado. Y ha funcionado a las mil maravillas. "