“Man is a vile creature!”— Fyodor Dostoyevsky Related Quotes “Indeed neither life nor science bothers about “essences”-they leave “essences” to metaphysics, which is neither life nor science.”— Alfred Korzybski “Chance works for us when we are good captains.”— George Meredith “Bel Air, I am convinced, was laid out by some diabolic sadist who deliberately decided not to use a compass or a surveyor.”— Groucho Marx