# Quote — James Morrow, The Wine of Violence

> In Francis’s view there was ultimate gold in this commitment to impractical knowledge, to theories that had no responsibilities other than to be true. On good days the new ideas inched human intellect toward the grand understandings that were science’s pride and joy.

- Author: [James Morrow](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow.md)
- Book: [The Wine of Violence](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/the-wine-of-violence.md)
- Page: 130
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_K._Morrow#The_Wine_of_Violence_(1981)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/the-wine-of-violence/in-franciss-view

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> “Zolmec,” said Nazra, “has always taught that the greatest words are ‘I could very well be wrong.’”

p. 185 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/the-wine-of-violence/zolmec-said-nazra.md)

> It was not a question of regressive old ideas versus enlightened new ideas, but of reasonable caution versus arrogant caprice.

p. 46 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/the-wine-of-violence/it-was-not.md)

> Children, being close to the ground, have a special rapport with insects.

p. 17 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/james-morrow/the-wine-of-violence/children-being-close.md)