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There are three principal means of acquiring knowledge. . . observation of nature, reflection,...
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He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to...
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It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to...
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We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we...
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Only sick music makes money today.
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The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t...
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The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don’t.
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Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in...
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People who are always making allowances for themselves soon go bankrupt.
Quote #5110
Consistency is the last resort of the unimaginative.