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Joshua Reynolds: The real character...

Joshua Reynolds: The real character...

The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.

Source: In Correct...

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Saul Steinberg: The life of...

Saul Steinberg: The life of...

The life of the creative man is led, directed and controlled by boredom. Avoiding boredom is one of our most important...

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M C Escher: He who wonders...

M C Escher: He who wonders...

He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.

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-- M C Escher,...

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Maria Mitchell: People have to...

Maria Mitchell: People have to...

People have to learn sometimes not only how much the heart, but how much the head, can...

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John Burroughs: It is always...

John Burroughs: It is always...

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

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John Burroughs: Some men are...

John Burroughs: Some men are...

Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at...

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John Burroughs: I still find...

John Burroughs: I still find...

I still find each day too short for the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want...

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Beryl Markham: You can live...

Beryl Markham: You can live...

You can live a lifetime and, at the end of it, know more about other people than you know about...

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Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

Beryl Markham: The abhorrence of...

The abhorrence of loneliness is as natural as wanting to live at all.

Source: In...

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Lewis Thomas: Worrying is the...

Lewis Thomas: Worrying is the...

Worrying is the most natural and spontaneous of all human functions. It is time to acknowledge this, perhaps even to...

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Humphrey Davy: The most important...

Humphrey Davy: The most important...

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by my failures.

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Ernst Fischer: As machines become...

Ernst Fischer: As machines become...

As machines become more and more efficient and perfect, so it will become clear that imperfection is the greatness of...

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Joseph Priestley: The more elaborate...

Joseph Priestley: The more elaborate...

The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

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An Wang: No matter how...

An Wang: No matter how...

No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the...

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Warren Buffett: It takes 20...

Warren Buffett: It takes 20...

It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things...

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Harold S Geneen: Facts from paper...

Harold S Geneen: Facts from paper...

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as...

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Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

Isaac Newton: Hypotheses non fingo.'...

'Hypotheses non fingo.' I feign no hypotheses.

Source: 'Principia mathematica',...

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Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: I have long...

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow: I have long...

I have long felt that the trouble with discrimination is not discrimination per se, but rather that the people who are...

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George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

George-Louis Leclerc de Buffon: These things [subject...

These things [subject matter] are external to the man; style is the man.

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Charles Darwin: I have steadily...

Charles Darwin: I have steadily...

I have steadily endeavoured to keep my mind free so to give up any hypothesis, however much beloved (and I cannot...

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